collect information of some indian artists
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Some of The Most Famous Artists Of All Time
Andy Warhol. ...
Pablo Picasso. ...
Vincent van Gogh. ...
Michelangelo. ...
Henri Matisse. ...
Jackson Pollock.
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. Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011)
M F Husain
M.F. Husain was born in Pandharpur Maharashtra. Primarily a self-taught artist, Husain was part of the revolutionary Progressive Artists’ Group. In 1947 his first exhibition was conducted at the Bombay Art Society where his painting Sunhera Sansaar was shown. From 1948 to 1950 there were a series of exhibitions of Husain's paintings all over India. By 1960s, his paintings were exhibited in the art galleries of Prague and Zurich. Husain soon became a name synonymous with modern Indian art due to his fearless depiction of his imagination, as well as, his willingness to absorb international influences. However, most of his work since his formative years has been rooted in an Indian vocabulary and aesthetics.
The Padma Bhushan awardee still reins number one on the list due to the enduring and unmatched recognition he earned globally.
2. Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002)
F N Souza
Another artist who irreversibly shaped and transformed the Indian art landscape was the F.N.Souza—the one who first invited Husain to join the Progressive Artists’ Group. He led the newly independent India’s avant-garde movement. However, Souza drew tremendously from international influences to an extent that he was often referred as the “Indian Picasso”. His subjects often depicted the human figure, frequently distorted. These figures would often embody a sense of eroticism and present itself in the form of a religious dilemma.
Born to a strict Roman Catholic family in the Portuguese colony of Goa in 1924, his upbringing was marked by what he saw as the conflict between the erotic Indian art surrounding him, and the repressive teachings of the Catholic Church. This duality of what he called 'sin and sensuality' was to significantly shape his art. Souza's canvases alternate from spiky, deformed faceless bodies and violent scenes of Christ's crucifixion, to sensual and statuesque nudes and tender portrayals of mother and child.
3. Syed Haider Raza (1922-2016)
S H Raza
S.H.Raza—one of the founding members of the Progressive Artist’s Group started painting themes from his childhood memories spent in his native village of Babaria, in Madhya Pradesh. Raza known for his abstract geometric colourful canvases started off as a landscape artist. Following his move to Paris, his landscapes were noticeably more rigid and geometric reminiscent of the French landscape in the 1950s.
By the 1970s, the artist began creating what is now easily identifiable as Raza’s style—geometric, bright, colourful patterns. He attempted to map out metaphorical spaces with the central ‘bindu’ as the sanctified motif. Today his artworks are probably the most easily recognise his unique mandala-like creation stands out as his unique vision. Raza has widely exhibited in India and abroad. He was awarded the Padma Shree in 1981.
4. Vasudeo S Gaitonde (1924-2001)
V S Gaitonde
Vasudeo S Gaitonde in the recent years has been breaking auction records and his artworks are currently valued as the most expensive in the Indian art market. Gaitonde’s large sized canvas painted with mellow and subdued colour compositions immediately reflect the spiritual quality and meditative countenance of his art.
Born in Maharashtra in 1924, Gaitonde received his Diploma in Painting from the Sir J J School of Art in 1948, and subsequently joined the Progressive Artists’ Group. Art for Gaitonde was a process complete in itself. Gaintonde’s art practice was all-encompassing--rejecting anything outside of his art practice as extraneous. Over the years, he evolved as a painter who was increasingly more meticulous in the presentation of his identity. Gaintonde regularly exhibited nationally and internationally, earning prestigious awards and accolades along the way, along with the Padma Shree in 1971.
5. Tyeb Mehta (1925-2009)
Tyeb Mehta
Born in Gujarat, Tyeb Mehta switched from being a film editor to taking up painting as his career. His interest in visual art led him to pursue painting at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. His art led him to travel widely—he lived and worked in London for a few years and then moved to the US on a Rockefeller Fund Scholarship in 1968.
However, like most other influential Indian artists, he became part of the Progressive Artists’ movement back home in India. This change was visible when he turned to ‘Indian’ themes and subjects in the 1970s and 80s instead of his earlier pictorial language of European art that he practised through the 1950s and 60s. From everyday subjects that were uniquely Indian, he refined his works to depict spirituality through Gods and Goddesses derived from Hindu Mythology.
Mehta, like his contemporaries, formed a visual language that was steeped in western and Indian traditions. Having showcased his art in a number of countries and won several prestigious awards, Mehta remains one of the most notable and influential figures in Indian Art.