Ganesh Pyne, one of India`s contemporary painters through his paintings created a niche of his own, a genre where he competed none but himself. Syed Haider Raza was an eminent artist of India, whose early expressionist works evolved to broader abstracts incorporating Indian scriptures, spirituality and culture, conveyed in one of his renowned works, the Bindu. Raja Ravi Varma was a famous painter who received recognition for his creations of the scenes from Mahabharata and Ramayana. He was a self taught artist who travelled throughout India in search of themes for his paintings. Jitish Kallat`s creations appear as a picture puzzle, expected to be decoded by the viewers. Anjolie Ela Menon is one of the leading contemporary female artists in India. The genre of work that she has created bears testimony to her contempt for classification. B. Prabha through her paintings aim at portraying the `trauma and tragedy of women`. Sudhir Patwardhan was a self-taught artist who got trained as a radiologist and made his name by painting life. Rameshwar Broota is one of the most eminent painters of India in the modern era. His paintings convey the dehumanized human forms. Biren De was one of the few artists who used abstract art as a mode of reflection. Tantric elements are visible in his paintings. H.A.Gade was one of the most gifted artists of India. He is one of the abstract expressionist painters of independent India. Ganesh Halois paintings have become a figure of speech that opens the unconscious mind. His works allows the truth to emerge. Shamshad Hussain took long time to emerge from the shadows of his father M.F. Hussain. He has defied the odds and emerges as one of the pioneers of contemporary art in India. Benode Behari Mukherjee is the pioneer of Indian modern art and is featured in Contextual Modernism. Mukul Dey was born in the year 1985 and is a popular figure in the Indian painting circuit. Dey did his initial training in arts from Santiniketan. Sumakshi Singh is an Indian Modern and Contemporary artist. Her work was featured in several exhibitions at art galleries and museums. Chintan Upadhyay belongs to Rajasthan and has earned global accolades for his contribution to Indian arts, particularly in the field of miniature paintings and much more. Amitabha Banerjees works show fine interplay of line and tones and has used this style in all mediums he has worked upon. Manu Parekh is one of the few old-timers whose style and artistic content have not changed over the years despite the changing socio-political circumstances. Jehangir Sabavala through his paintings creates an illusion with light and dark colours that gives his canvas a translucent and delicate look. Arpita Singh is an Indian artist who in her paintings depicts womens point of view about life in India. Paresh Maity is a renowned Indian painter born in Medinipur district in West Bengal. He reached immense height in a short span of time. Zareena Hashmi is a famous Indian painter who introduced the unique concept of printmaking technique of art-forms, which involves a sculptural process. Currently, she is in New York, creating new paintings. Ratan Parimoo is reckoned as one of the most prominent art historians and painters in modern India. Jamini Roy was an Indian painter who drew inspiration from Indian culture, especially tribal art, for his paintings. Reema Bansal has achieved many awards and certificates to her credit from various drawing and painting competitions. Maya Burman is the name of a modern-day artist of Indian parentage living in France. Cheenu Pillai is truly a jack-of-all-trades, but master of all, rendering success in his every work. Jagdish Swaminathan played a major role in contemporary Indian art both as a painter as well as an ideologue. Velu Viswanadhan is an Indian artist who has carved a niche for himself in the contemporary art scene. Akhilesh is an Indian artist who is rooted in tradition and sport a fresh outlook in his creations. Viveek Sharma is an Indian Painter whose work is highly praised by both private and corporate art collectors in India and around the world. He is recognized for his large-sized photorealistic renderings. Rohini Devasher is an accomplished Indian contemporary artist. Her works of art mainly focuses on observing, recording, and re-imagining objects and spaces that exist at the interface between science, nature, perception, culture and production. Shree Lal Joshi is a renowned Indian phad painter. A Padma Shri Awardee, he has carved a niche for himself by discovering varied new techniques to create meaningful compositions. Vinita Dasgupta is a contemporary Indian artist who is internationally acclaimed for her unique new media artworks. She has worked with lot of reputed galleries and participated in many Art Fairs in India and abroad. G.R.Santosh was a painter who had incorporated Kashmir Shaivism and Tantric art in his creations. His paintings are known for use of vibrant colors, neat lines, spiritual energy and sensuousness. Paramjit Singh is considered as a landscape painter though his later paintings prove him to be an Impressionistic. Devajyoti Ray is an Indian painter born in the year 1974. Devajyoti Ray lives and works in all major metro cities in India like; Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Baiju Parthan is considered a trailblazer of intermedia art in India. Maqbool Fida Hussain is one of the most gifted painters and is described as the Picasso of India. Manjit Bawa was trained under great painters like Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanyal. Sakti Burmans art has mystic and fantasy elements with rich colours used. He is also a lithographer. His images depict deep romanticism. J. Sultan Ali was one of the most accomplished painters of India who had created masterpieces based on folk theme. He had despised the traditional styles of painting and had established his unique approach as an appealing means of expression. Gaganendranath Tagore was an Indian painter and cartoonist of the Bengal school who belongs to the Tagore family. Gieve Patel as a painter depicts the human situation with its rough edges on his canvasses. He was a self taught artist. Surendran Nair is one of Indias eminent artists who is known for his unique oil painting style. Anjaneyulu G is one of the popular realist painters of India who is known for his works of oils on canvases. Prajakta Potnis is an Indian contemporary artist based in Mumbai. Her work is based on photography, painting, sculpture and installations. Her work has been exhibited both in India and abroad. Asim Waqif is a popular artist, who is known for his large scale installations, which is a crossover between architecture and art. Amrita Shergil is one of the most talented artists of the pre-colonial era who was famous for her realist and impressionist style of work. Abanindranath Tagore was eminent writer and was considered as the pioneer of neo-Indian art was born in the Bengals great Tagore family. |