K. Laxma Goud

K. Laxma Goud was born in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, in 1940. In 1963, the Government College of Art and Architecture, Hyderabad awarded him a diploma in drawing and painting. Later, he studied mural painting and printmaking at M.S. University, Baroda. This enriching educational background helped him to create his own simple style which adorns his…

K. Jagjit Singh

K. Jagjit Singh is a landscape artist who was attracted to colours and canvas in his early age. The young man joined the NDA in 1960. However, that couldn’t stop his zeal to learn the finer nuances of art. He was trained at the NDA by art professionals. Later, he joined the Kumaon regiment and…

Jogen Chowdhury

Jogen Chowdhury was born in Faridpur (present-day Bangladesh) in 1939. In 1948, the family moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) after the Partition of India. He graduated from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata in 1960. Later, he joined Beaux-Arts de Paris for further studies. The trauma of being uprooted from the birthplace which…

Jayasri Burman

The contemporary Indian artist, Jayasri Burman, was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1960 and completed her studies from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. She has participated in exhibitions in India and many other countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, London, Germany and Tokyo. She received the National Award in 1985. In 2007, her paintings were…

Jayashree Chakravarty

Jayashree Chakravarty was born in Tripura in 1956. She completed her education in fine arts from Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan. She went to pursue a postgraduate diploma in fine arts from the MS University of Baroda. Later, she moved to France. The artist has showcased her work both in India and abroad. In 1988,…

Jatin Das

Jatin Das was born in Orissa (now Odhisha) in 1941. Alumnus of Sir J J School of Art, Bombay, he has participated in numerous solo exhibitions in India and abroad. His phenomenal work has been auctioned by Osian’s, Sotheby’s and Christie’s. In the late nineties, he designed a 7 x 68 ft mural named, The…

Gurudas Shenoy

The vertical character of the skyline infused with brilliant hues is iridescent, as if framing a mirage or weaving a dream with rays of light. Gurudas Shenoy’s paintings of urban spaces recount narratives constructed around places, their architecture and history to form visual chronicles. The irregular façades of structural forms conceal stories of life and…

Ganesh Pyne

Ganesh Pyne was born in 1937 in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He witnessed the horrors of the partition and it left deep scars on a young boy’s psyche. We see the results of these scars in his paintings. The Bengali folk tales that his grandmother narrated to him in his childhood also played an important role…