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JUNE 11, ON THIS DAY One of the most notable contemporary artists of Bengal Schools of Art whose dark imageries got him an international fame, Ganesh Pyne was born on this day, 11 June 1937. He was described as a man who ‘radiated a mysterious quality’ by filmmaker Pritish Nandy. Printed drawings by Abanindranath Tagore […]

June 12, On This Day In an artistic stint that has been called “short, intense, and amazingly productive”, Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele is said to have become one of the best portrait artists of the modern era and a key contributor to the Vienna Secession movement. Born on this day 132 years ago, on

JUNE 10, ON THIS DAY Antoni Gaudi One of the most famous architects of the first half of the 20th century, Antoni Gaudi met with an untimely death on this day, June 10. He was killed at an age of 73 after being hit by a tram in 1926. Best known for developing intricate structures

JUNE 7, ON THIS DAY United Kingdom’s richest living artist Damien Hirst, was born on this day, June 7 1965. He is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. Death is a central theme in his works. Hirst presented dead animals in formaldehyde as art. The best-known of his art works was The Physical Impossibility of