Stories By Urvi Chheda
19th Century
Painting of the Week: Kikukawa Eizan, The Courtesan Hinaaya of the Chōji House
May 24, 2020Vincent and Theo van Gogh, the close-knit brothers, extensively collected Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. Van Gogh had already bought a few in Antwerp before arriving in Paris. However, by the mid 19th century, Paris had already been...
Contemporary Art
Chitra Ganesh Visualizes Sultana’s Dream by Begum Rokeya
May 22, 2020Chitra Ganesh’s Sultana’s Dream exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG), University of Rochester, attributes a few pivotal reasonings to artworks, which carry the weight of idealism and redemption. The radical artist has exhibited 27 linocuts,...
19th Century
Company School – Transition to Indian Modern Art
November 7, 2019Painting in rich Mughal and Rajput styles, the court painters shifted their renderings to the demanded adjustments of British East India Company thereby having projected a palpable change in the map of Indian art. The shift...
dailyart
Five Indian Modern Sculptors
September 7, 2019Modernism in India did straddle, sneaking lopsided avenue from the ancient to the present. The post-colonial art is typically mentioned as Modern art because many Indian artists had begun their sojourn of westernised abstract expressionism. India...
20th century
Stunning Abstracts by Seven Indian Modern Painters
August 2, 2019It was the early 20th century when Modernism spread its wings in India owing to the introduction-exposure through various European artists. The exchange had already inspired the artists to experiment and delve deeper into their conscience...
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