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May 19, On This Day If one is aware of the extraordinarily captivating and earthy art of Warli painting, one must know the name Jivya Soma Mashe, who was reportedly born on May 19, 1934 in the state of Maharashtra, and popularised the beautiful tribal art form. Mashe was born in Dhamangaon village in […]
The painter who helped put Maharashtra\’s Warli on the world map Read More »
May 19, On This Day From 1976 to 1983 — the short but blazingly talented life of the unusually named child prodigy, Edmund Thomas Clint, shone like a star. The lone son of the Late MT Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph, he was named after the veteran Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood, for his
In less than 7 years in this life, this child prodigy made over 25,000 paintings Read More »
May 7, On This Day The name Rabindranath Tagore is etched deep in Indian history, not in small part owed to the fact that he is the man who wrote the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana. But another indelible part of the Nobel Laureate’s contribution — besides that to literature and music — also
Celebrating the birth month of Two Tagore brothers, painters in their own right Read More »
Today is the 174th birth anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma. He was a painter among kings and a king among painters. Raja Ravi Varma\’s success is attributed to his skilful use of European film technology. He was noted for making lithographs of his paintings available to the public. This made him famous in India as
Remembering the painter who gave human body to Hindu Gods Read More »
April 28, On This Day Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, a giant of contemporary art with his unique raw style, unsettling portraits and triptychs, passed away 20 years ago today, on April 28, 1992. He often focused on a single motif for sustained periods, and his output can be broadly systematically broken up
Two decades ago, the world lost painter Francis Bacon on this day Read More »
April 27, On This Day American inventor and painter Samuel Morse, born April 27, 1791, is best known for contributing to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, and being the co-developer of the Morse code that helped develop commercial use of telegraphy. But Morse was also a portrait painter,
Dots and dashes are not all Samuel Morse is associated with, he was a painter too Read More »
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 »
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 »