On This Day

December 20, On This Day Did you know famous auteur Satyajit Ray\’s grandfather was a pioneer of engraving and colour printing in India? Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was born in May 1863 and has his death anniversary today, on December 20 (1915 was the year of his demise aged only 52). He is the father of […]

December 11, On This Day Artist Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani), was snatched away quite young from the world of art, at the age of just 43. Her gruesome murder 6 years ago today, on December 11, 2015, had sent shockwaves through the world of art and society at large. Born in 1972, Hema was

December 2, On This Day  Born 162 years ago today, on December 2, 1859, Georges Pierre Seurat is a French post-Impressionist artist with a unique legacy. He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism, and his conté crayon drawings have also garnered a great deal of critical appreciation. Seurat

November 19, On This Day A Belgian painter and printmaker who had a tremendous influence on expressionism and surrealism, James Ensor, born in April 1860, passed away today, 72 years ago, on November 19, 1949. He was famously associated with the artistic group Les XX, a group of 20 Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed

November 19, On This Day It was built over two centuries ago following the French example of The Louvre, and still stands in testament to the works of some of history’s most consummate artists. The Rijksmuseum (or Dutch national museum) — the largest art museum in The Netherlands —was founded in The Hague on November

November 12, On This Day With over six decades of rich experience as a prolific Indian painter, sculptor, enamellist, photographer and an academic researcher, Balan Nambiar was born on November 12, 1937 in Kerala’s Kannapuram, and turned 84 this year. His most extensive body of work is as a sculptor, and he has worked with

November 10, On This Day It was a big scandal on November 10, 1997, when German-American artist Peter Max pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal district court to tax fraud and time served. He had concealed over $1.1 million in income from the US Internal Revenue Service in connection with the sales of his works between

November 1, On This Day One of the most interesting women in art, an LGBTQ icon, Nazi protester and feminist was born 132 years ago today, on November 1, 1889. German Dada artist Hannah Höch is best known as one of the originators of photomontage (a type of collage in which the pasted items are

October 25, On This Day Pablo Picasso, the iconic Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer, was born 140 years ago today on October 25, 1881. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and known for co-founding the Cubist movement. After a long and prolific career, he

October 15, On This Day Known quite literally as one of the primary founders of Surrealism as a concept, André Breton is a celebrated and highly influential French poet, essayist, critic, and editor, who lived from 1896–1966. In an indelibly iconic move for the world of art, almost a century and exactly 97 years ago