Popular Early Modern Indian Art

Modern art gained popularity in India during 20th century. Here are some of the most popular paintings of that time. Most of the paintings were based on the life of Indian females.

Mother and child

Artist- Jamini Roy

Medium- Tempera

A painting of a mother holding her child with her left hand on the left side. Mother's head is also tilted towards her son. Edges are sharp and thick and the painting is full of expressions. Yellow colour can be seen as the more focused shade with background of dark blue colour. The painting is a part of a collection with many other beautiful mother child paintings. It depicts Indian women as household mother.

Woman Face

Artist- Rabindranath Tagore

Medium- water colour and ink

Rabindranath Tagore is believed to the first artist who introduced modern art in India. The painting shows a woman painted with soft, light colours. It shows how a Indian woman used to live a confined life revolving around her house and children. The painting is a monochrome with brown shades. A sadness can be seen on the face of the woman suggesting the struggles in the life of Indian females.

Three Girls

Artist- Amrita Shergill

Medium- oil painting

The tree girls here are arranged in a triangular form. The face expression of the girls shows the budern of young life worried about their future. It depicts the sadness of Indian women of that time. The painting has influence of European art. The colours used are bright and shiny but the background is sad brown colour.

Mother Teresa

Artist- M.F. Hussain

Medium- water colour

Mother Teresa, a well known figure in world known for peace. She can be recognised by her white dress and care for poor child. Mother Teresa is drawn with dark brown colour and the background is of a church shown with white colour. The painting is a part of Mother Teresa collection, many other such painting were also popular.

Untitled

Artist- Ram Rasool Santosh

Medium- Acrylics

It s a painting from the Tantra series showing a female human figure. The colour scheme mainly has yellow, orange, green and blue colours. Painting is completely symbolic. The style is still very popular and considered spiritual, but the kind of colours used have evolved a lot.

Of Walls

Artist- Anupam Sud

Medium- lithograph (graphic print)

The painting is in monochromic tone. A lady is sitting on the side of the wall. Some childish drawings can be seen on the other side. In foreground two legs are visible giving an idea of a sleeping men. Arches of a temple can be seen in the background.

Whirlpool

Artist- Krishna Reddy

Medium- Etching (graphic print)

The print is engraved on a zinc plate. A pool of water with waves are shown, ripples all around in the background. The artist has tried to give the idea of water force using different shades of green and blue colour.