“Water-colours are my heart & soul” says Paresh Maity who over a period of the last 20 years has achieved proficiency in the medium a few can claim. Paresh Maity, on whatever surface he may choose, be it paper, canvas or any other medium, creates magic. The colours are vibrant, and echo the passion of…
Ompal Sansanwal was born in 1964. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata, in 1987 and 1992 respectively. Sansanwal’s works are easily identified by the convoluted labyrinth-like maze of colours through which he depicts his larger themes. The figurative elements of his depictions merge effortlessly into the…
O P Parameswaran content will come soon…
Naveed Hussain content will come soon…
Masuram Ravi Kanth content will come soon…
Manjit Bawa was born in Dhuri, Punjab in 1941. He completed his education in art from the College of Art, New Delhi in 1958. In 1964, he left for Britain and worked there as a silkscreen printer. He vame back from Britain in 1971. Between 1975-1977, he taught at the College of Art. The eminent…
Laxman Aelay was born in 1964 in Andhra Pradesh. He completed BA in painting from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Fine Arts in Hyderabad. The artist is heavily inspired by the village life that he witnessed in his childhood. The men, women, animals, houses, plants, come alive on the canvas with his use…
Lalu Prasad Shaw was born in 1937 in Bengal. He pursued a diploma in painting (Western) from the, Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta (now Kolkata) from 1954 to 1959. In 1967, he became a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists. He has exhibited his work both within the country and abroad, notably…
Born in 1925 in Lyallpur (present-day Faisalabad in Pakistan), he pursued his education from Imperial Service College in Windsor, England. After the Partition, the artist moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). He was working in a bank when he joined the Progressive Artists Group. He exhibited his paintings for the first time as a member of…
Kalighat content will come soon…