On This Day

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

JUNE 7, ON THIS DAY Born in the year 1887, Jean Arp was a French sculptor and painter who was one of the leaders of the European avant-garde in the arts during the first half of the 20th century. He died on this day, June 7, 1966. He was known as a Dadaist and an

JUNE 4, ON THIS DAY The most significant Danish artist of late modernity (after 1980), Jens Galschiot was born on this day, June 4 1957 in Frederikssund, Denmark. Certified as a construction blacksmith in 1978, he opened a 2000 square-meter combined foundry, studio, workshop, gallery and a sculpture park known as Gallery Galschiot in 1985.

JUNE 2, ON THIS DAY One of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, Ogata Korin died on this day in June 2, 1716. He was famous for his screen paintings, lacquer work, textile designs and particularly for his byobu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms. He was

June 2, On This Day  One of the best-known British land artists of our time, English sculptor Sir Richard Julian Long happens to be the only artist to have been short-listed four times for the Turner Prize (1984, 1987, 1988 and winner in 1989).  Long was born on June 2, 1945, in Bristol, south-west England.

JUNE 1, ON THIS DAY Born on June 1 1498, Maarten Van Heemskerck was a Dutch painter, portraitist and a specialist of historical paintings. He was the designer for many engravers and is known especially for his depictions of the Wonders of the World. Heemskerck was born in North Holland and was a son of