Famous artist of modern india and their artwork

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1. FAMOUS ARTISTS -DIYA ASRANI 1

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3. AMRITA SHER-GILL Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her oil painting titled Young Girls. Sher-Gil traveled throughout her life to various countries including Turkey, France, and India, deriving heavily from precolonial Indian art styles and its current culture. Sher-Gil is considered an important painter of 20th-century India, whose legacy stands on a level with that of the pioneers from the Bengal Renaissance. She was also an avid reader and a pianist. Sher-Gil's paintings are among the most expensive by Indian women painters today, although few acknowledged her work when she was alive. 3

4. ARTWORKS OF AMRITA SHER GIL 4 THREE GIRLS Three Girls, also known as Group of Young Girls, is a painting by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil. It was painted in 1935 shortly after Sher-Gil returned to India from Europe in 1934. The painting won the Gold Medal at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society in 1937 . THE SLEEPING WOMAN A beautiful painting of a sleeping woman by Amrita Sher-Gil. The artist has depicted the subject as effervescent, charming young woman with the building up of the surface on the canvas with a thick layering of pigments.   Amrita Sher gil paintings have a beautiful blend of the Western and Indian styles of painting. She is also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India ".

5. ARTWORKS OF AMRITA SHER-GIL 5 BRIDE’S TOILET Bride's Toilet  depicts a bride's chamber, wherein a young light-skinned woman, presumably the titular bride, is seated. She is half-naked; her palms are covered in mehndi. She is surrounded by two other women and two children. One of the women is dressing her hair,and the other is holding a container. Their faces are expressionless. The painting employs a rich, colorful palette. Tones have been skillfully used. The painting demonstrates Sher-Gil's curious interest in women, their lives and adversities. . THE LITTLT GIRL IN BLUE The Little Girl in Blue  is an oil painting on canvas created in India by Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher Gil in 1934. Under India's  Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (1972) , the work is a national art treasure and must stay in the country. In 2018, it was auctioned by  Sotheby's , Mumbai, fetching US$2.67 million.

6. RAJA RAVI VARMA Raja Ravi Varma  (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European  academic art  with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable for making affordable  lithographs  of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. His lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined artistic tastes among the common people. Furthermore, his religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from  Indian epic poetry  and  Puranas  have received profound acclaim. He was part of the royal family of erstwhile  Parappanad ,  Malappuram district . Raja Ravi Varma was closely related to the royal family of  Travancore  of present-day  Kerala  state in India. Later in his life, two of his granddaughters were adopted into the royal family, and their descendants comprise the present royal family of Travancore, including the latest three Maharajas ( Balarama Varma III ,  Marthanda Varma III  and  Rama Varma VII ). 6

7. ARTWORKS OF RAJA RAVI VARMA 7 WOMAN HOLDING A FRUIT 'Woman Holding a Fruit'  shows Ravi Varma's mastery over the idioms of a new visual language in India . In the naturalistic depiction of the young woman, Ravi Varma lyrically combines eroticism with innocence. His handling of colours – mostly soft pinks and browns – heightens the tenderness evoked in this painting . SHAKUNTALA Shakuntala  or  Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta  is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter  Raja Ravi Varma . Ravi Varma  depicts  Shakuntala , an important character of  Mahabharata , pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband/lover,  Dushyantha , while her friends tease her and call her bluff .

8. ARTWORKS OF RAJA RAVI VARMA 8 THE MILKMAID "Milkmaid"  painted by the Indian master Raja Ravi Varma , is a great example of his portrayals of beautiful sari clad women, who were painted very shapely yet graceful. Ravi varman paintings are considered to be a fusion of indian traditions and european techniques THERE COMES PAPA There Comes Papa is an 1893 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The painting focuses on Varma's daughter and grandson, looking towards the left at an approaching father .

9. JAMINI ROY Jamini Roy was born on 11 April 1887 into a moderately prosperous  Kayastha  family of land-owners in  Beliatore  village of the  Bankura district ,  West Bengal . [4]  He was raised in an average middle-class, art loving household which ultimately influenced his future decisions. When he was sixteen he was sent to study at the  Government College of Art, Kolkata . Abanindranath Tagore , the founder of  Bengal school  was vice-principal at the institution. [6]  He was taught to paint in the prevailing academic tradition drawing Classical nudes and painting in oils and in 1908 he received his Diploma in Fine Art. However, the principal E.B. Havell's influence, and Rabindranath Tagore's decisive lecture brought him to a realization that he needed to draw inspiration, not from Western traditions, but from his own culture, and so he looked to the living folk and tribal art for inspiration. [7]  He was most influenced by the  Kalighat Pat  ( Kalighat painting ), which was a style of art with bold sweeping brush-strokes. He moved away from his earlier impressionist landscapes and portraits and between 1921 and 1924 began his first period of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting point. Jamini Roy had 4 sons and 1 daughter . 9

10. ARTWORKS OF JAMINI ROY 10 GOPINI In ‘Gopini’ we see a monumentality of the figure. Bent lyrically, the figure of the dancer emotes a sense of vibrancy and volume, a striking moment of movement highlighted by the bright and tonally rich use of colors. THREE PUJARINS Jamini Roy was a Bengali artist who made the ever-famous painting called the Three Pujarins. It represents the traditional folk art of Bengal showing three women dressed in the attires worn for the worship and cultural prayers.

11. ARTWORKS OF JAMINI ROY 11 DUAL CATS WITH ONE CRAYFISH Alpha Gallery, Singapore,  Jamini Roy - the I ndian maestro , Exhibition Catalogue, 30 April - 10 May 1972, number 22. In the catalogue, Austin Coates described the painting: 'Dual Cats with one Crayfish, 1968. Yet another new style, colors reduced in number and very restrained, an almost overwhelming sense of formality .' YASHODA AND KRISHNA As we all know she was the foster mother of lord Krishna but she is revered more than his biological mother. Yashoda will always be remembered as lord Krishna's loving mother and their relationship is much cherished and always be considered as one of the most celebrated relationship of a mother and her son of all time