On This Day

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 […]

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

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

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

Rene Jules Lalique, a French jeweler and glass designer well known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases and automobile hood ornaments, was born on 6th April, 1860. His glass creations had a significant contribution to the Art Nouveau movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trained at the School of

March 30,  On This Day The Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30th March,1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherland. He’s considered to be one of the most famous and influential figures in western art history and his paintings are amongst the most popular and recognizable artworks in history. He has about 2100 artworks,

March 30, On This Day  Much is known over the centuries about the mighty legacy of Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco Goya, who was born on March 30, 1746, at least 276 years ago. Such as the fact that he is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first

March 26, On This Day  He has received awards ranging from the Padma Shri (1989) to the Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship and the Kala Ratna for his contribution to art. He held solo shows as a painter, explored, researched, taught, established a museum and curated its collection, wrote poetry and prose — and that’s just the

March 25, On This Day The creator of the life-size portrait of Swami Vivekananda at Kanyakumari, S. M. Pandit an Indian painter from Karnataka was born on March 25, 1916. He has also made paintings of various Indian leaders, these in include the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi now at New Council Hall, Mumbai and the

March 23, On This Day Born on March 23, 1887, Josef Čapek was a Czech artist best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. It is believed that he invented the word \”robot\”, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek, a Czech writer, playwright