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April 22, On This Day He is known as the doyen of modernism in Indian art, and was a guru to three generations of artists. Interestingly, he also witnessed the partition of the Indian subcontinent three times — in 1905, 1947 and 1971 — and also watched 20th century Indian art through all its phases. […]
April 20, On This Day Surrealist, Fauvist, Expressionist — this Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist wore many-a-hat, but his work was ever redefining tropes at every turn and politically charged through most of his life. Joan Miró was born on April 20, 1893, in Barcelona. It is written that he “was notable for his interest
April 16, On This Day He was born into penury on April 16, 1914, and passed away at the age of 71 in June 1985, also in relative poverty. But in between, artist Krishnaji Howlaji Ara or KH Ara, an integral member of the Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG) in Bombay, left behind a
April 15, On This Day Leonardo da Vinci, painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose skill and intelligence — perhaps more than that of any other figure — epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, was born on April 15, 1452, exactly 570 years ago from today. One of the most famous artists of all time, he
On the Renaissance Man’s 570th birthday, we present The Da Vinci Ode! Read More »
The leading portrait painter of his generation, John Singer Sargent is remembered on 14th April on his death anniversary. He died in 1925 and left behind a legacy of around 900 oil paintings, more than 2000 watercolours, numerous sketches and charcoal drawings. Although he was popular among art lovers as a portraitist, he was also
John Singer Sargent, his landscapes, and his controversial portrait of Madame X Read More »
Akbar Padamsee, a pioneer in modern Indian painting alongside S.H. Raza, M.F. Hussain and F.N. Souza was born on this day, 12th April 1928. Be it oil painting, watercolour, sculpture, computer graphics, photography or filmmaking, he was the master of all. After working with the rich colour palettes in his early years, he chose to
Remembering Akbar Padamsee, the progressive movement artist who took to greys Read More »
April 11, On This Day Did you know that renowned Bengali artist Jamini Roy’s magnum opus, the ‘Ramayana’ (1946), is spread across 17 canvases (106×76 cm), characterized by decorative flowers, landscape, birds and animals typical of the Bengal School of Art, drawn with simple, bold and roundish lines initially derived from clay images? His
Jamini Roy: The celebrated modernist who brought \’India\’ to art by Indians Read More »
A Hungarian French artist, Victor Vasarely considered to be the father of the Optical Art movement was born on April 9, 1906. He distinguished himself from contemporary art with the creation of optical art. Through his art, the artist created compelling illusions of spatial depth, utilizing geometric shapes and colourful graphics as seen in his
Remembering Victor Vasarely, the father of optical art on his birth anniversary Read More »
April 8, On This Day “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” This profoundly wise and infinitely creative statement comes from none other than an artist, who can easily be defined as one of the most prominent icons of the century gone by. Pablo
It\’s been almost half a century since Picasso\’s death… but his legacy is forever Read More »
April 7, On This Day Born in a village in Gujarat today (April 7) in 1934, artist Natvar Bhavsar is today a well-known Indian-American abstract expressionist and color field artist, who has been based out of New York City for half a century. Today 88, Bhavsar had already attained prominence as an artist in India