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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
The Gandhian artist, who brought alive folk art in the mainstream Read More »
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
Remembering S M Pandit, the artist who painted legends Read More »
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
Who invented the word robot? They say it was this artist! Read More »
March 18, On This Day An Indian painter and postcard artist from the British colonial era, Mahadev Vishwanath or MV Dhurandhar was born in Kolhapur on March 18, 1867. He is known as the one of most popular academic Indian artists. He is one of the prominent faculty of the prestigious JJ School of Art
March 12, On This Day To say Anish Kapoor is a byword in the global art world would be to make a bit of an understatement. The highly influential British-Indian sculptor is supremely well-known for his abstract biomorphic forms, creating elegant geometries using feats of engineering. His edgy, large-scale public installations have captured imaginations worldwide,
March 10, On This Day Empowerment often owes a kindred debt to the courage of legions, or even individuals, who stood tall against norms years ago and opened up a pathway for the freedoms we enjoy today. One such artist, whose open acceptance of his homosexuality via and beyond his artwork forged brilliant new possibilities
On Women\’s Day (March 8, 2022), Abir Pothi lists out some formidable Indian women artists — and mind you, this is just the tip of the iceberg Amrita Sher-Gil The incredibly famous Hungarian-Indian painter is still breaking records with her art work, over eight decades after she passed away at the age of just 28.
March 5, On This Day Art made in worship A European world view rooted in the vernacular of Sri Lanka — this is what David Paynter, born March 5, 1900, is said to have brought to life in his artworks, as a pioneer creator of a South Asian idiom in what was essentially a Western
February 26, On This Day Pratiksha Apurv was born in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh on February 26, 1964, to Vijay Bharti, the younger brother of the spiritual leader later known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh or Osho. In fact, Apurv also took sanyas at the age of 11 and started living at Pune commune. Later she moved
This niece of Osho is an award-winning Indian painter Read More »