Month: January 2026

(1937) Arpita Singh was born in Baranagar and brought up in Kolkata. One of the most significant aspects of her works is its focus

(1939-1997) Born in Tripura, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta trained at Santiniketan but differed from his contemporaries — he spent almost his entire artistic career within the

(1947) Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya was born in 1947, the year India became independent. A graduate of the Indian College of Art (now part of

(1940) At 85, Anjolie Ela Menon’s long and storied career as an artist has seen many chapters: from early influences of medieval Christian art

(1924-2018) One of the most significant modernists of Indian art, Ram Kumar was born in Simla. During his time as an undergraduate student, Kumar

(1935) Paramjit Singh was born in Amritsar, Punjab, and studied art at Delhi Polytechnic. In 1960, he was one of the founder-members of a

Mona Rai’s works are not only part of several important collections, like the NGMA, Bharat Bhavan and Lalit Kala Akademi, but have also

(1940) Laxma Goud graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture in Hyderabad in 1963, following which he went to MS University’s

Born in Murshidabad in Bengal, Indra Dugar grew up surrounded by art. His father, Hirachand Dugar, was a renowned artist. Though Dugar was

(1924–2016) KG Subramanyan, one of the country’s most respected modern artists, was born in 1924, and while still a student, participated in the country’s