Sri Lanka. Born 1951
Wildlife and environmental paintings
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1901 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) - 1993. Known for: Painting.
George Keyt didn't start painting until he was 26, but he quickly went on to become an international giant of Modern art and arguably Sri Lanka's most celebrated 20th Century artist. His unique... Read full biography
George Keyt didn't start painting until he was 26, but he quickly went on to become an international giant of Modern art and arguably Sri Lanka's most celebrated 20th Century artist. His unique visual idiom combines European Modernist innovations with the ancient South Asian fresco techniques found... Read full biography
George Keyt didn't start painting until he was 26, but he quickly went on to become an international giant of Modern art and arguably Sri Lanka's most celebrated 20th Century artist. His unique visual idiom combines European Modernist innovations with the ancient South Asian fresco techniques found at Ajanta and Sigiriya. Despite his clear admiration for cubist and fauvist principles, his subject matter was almost always rooted in local tradition, depicting dancers, shepherdesses and gods,... Read full biography
George Keyt didn't start painting until he was 26, but he quickly went on to become an international giant of Modern art and arguably Sri Lanka's most celebrated 20th Century artist. His unique visual idiom combines European Modernist innovations with the ancient South Asian fresco techniques found at Ajanta and Sigiriya. Despite his clear admiration for cubist and fauvist principles, his subject matter was almost always rooted in local tradition, depicting dancers, shepherdesses and gods, often drawn from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. His subjects' enlarged, almond-shaped eyes are, perhaps, his most consistent stylistic signature, along with an emphasis on bold, crisp lines and a prolonged romance with cubist perspective (his work has... Read full biography
George Keyt didn't start painting until he was 26, but he quickly went on to become an international giant of Modern art and arguably Sri Lanka's most celebrated 20th Century artist. His unique visual idiom combines European Modernist innovations with the ancient South Asian fresco techniques found at Ajanta and Sigiriya. Despite his clear admiration for cubist and fauvist principles, his subject matter was almost always rooted in local tradition, depicting dancers, shepherdesses and gods, often drawn from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. His subjects' enlarged, almond-shaped eyes are, perhaps, his most consistent stylistic signature, along with an emphasis on bold, crisp lines and a prolonged romance with cubist perspective (his work has been exhibited alongside Picasso and Braque in galleries around the world). His earliest work was distinctly Gauginesque—sumpChristie's, Mumbai... Read full biography
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Paintings
New York / India, England. 1924 - 2002
Avant garde still life and landscape painting, human form-heads
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Large scale Indian history and culture painting
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Painting
India. Born 1974
Painting, sculpture, installations
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Painting
India. Born 1968
News media based painting, war and violence themes
India, France. 1922 - 2016
Abstract, highly colored painting, landscape, circle shapes, symbolism
New Delhi / India, England. Born 1969
Magical beasts, monsters and allegory sculpture, painting, installation
India. Born 1959
Post-modernist aesthetic, painted collages
India. Born 1971
Painting and sculpture
India. Born 1973
Symbolic, surreal object, botanic and portrait painting
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Human head sculpture linked to classical themes
India. 1972 - 2015
Paintings, drawing, photography, installation sculpture
India. Born 1974
City landscapepainting and sculpture
India. Born 1972
Painting, sculpture
India. Born 1964
Photo-real painting, iconic sculpture, political theme installation, painting
India. Born 1961
Painting, sculpture, installations
India, Sri Lanka. 1921 - 1988
Ivan Peries is known for his idiomatically Sri Lankan artwork style that combines European artistic practices, including expressionism and post-impressionism, with traditional Ceylonese painting.
India. 1929 - 1997
Landscape painting, commercial art, weaving, papier mache
India. 1928 - 1993
Painting and sculpture
Maharashtra / India. 1933 - 2001
Female portrait, figure, genre easel and mural painting
India. 1917 - 2001
Painting
India. Born 1939
Pastel and ink on paper, figurative approach
India. 1934 - 2003
Genre painting
India. 1937 - 2013
Dream-like atmosphere, creating hallucinatory figures which speak of death, decay, and the cycle of life.
India, Asia. 1914 - 1985
Nude figure and still-life painting
India. 1887 - 1972
Folk art painting of India
India, England. 1925 - 2009
Painting and sculpture, Indian culture and themes
India, Pakistan. Born 1925
Abstract painting and sculpture
India. 1928 - 2020
Painting, film making, sculpture, photography and printmaking