Famous Painters in India

India has given many eminent and distinguished painters to the world. Many of the painters have achieved international acclaim and their work speaks volumes for them. Their paintings have fetched millions of dollars in global auctions. Each one of them, be it Amrita Shergill, Jatin Das, M.F. Hussain, Satish Gujral or any other painter, has a unique style of their own.

You can easily get all the information that you need regarding these prominent painters from Famous in India.

» Abanindranath Tagore

Abanindranath Tagore is regarded as the father of India’s modern art. He was born on August 7, 1871. more...

» Amrita Shergill

Amrita Shergill was born on 30 January 1913 in Budapest, Hungary. She was the daughter of Umrao Singh Shergill Majithia, a Sikh aristocrat and Marie Antoinette Gottesmann... more...

» F.N.Souza

Francis Newton Souza, popularly known as F.N. Souza, was an Indian artist, born on April 12, 1924. He was the first artist from India to achieve widespread recognition in the...more...

» Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy was an Indian painter from Kolkata. He received his diploma in fine arts in 1908. Roy achieved success first as a portrait painter. more...

» Jatin Das

Jatin Das was a multifaceted personality. He was painter, poet, collector and also a sculptor.more...

» M.F. Hussain

Maqbool Fida Hussain, popularly known as M F Hussain was born on September 17, 1915 in Maharashtra.more...

» Nandlal Bose

Nandlal Bose was born in 1882 in Bihar. He studied at the Calcutta Government College of Art under Abanindranath Tagore from 1905-10.more...

» Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, a great personality in the field of literature and art, was born on 7th May 1861.more...

» Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848 at Kilimanoor, a small town in Kerala. He was an Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.more...

» S H Raza

S.H. Raza or Syed Haider Raza was born in 1922, in Madhya Pradesh. He is an eminent Indian artist who has lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintains strong ties with India.more...

» Satish Gujral

Satish Gujral has achieved world fame and critical acclaim for his work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect.more...

» Tyeb Mehta

Tyeb Mehta was born in 1925 in Kapadvanj, a town in the Indian state of Gujarat. He is a great and an eminent artist, who holds the record of selling his painting at the highestmore...