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    Contemporary Indian Art Contemporary Indian Art: Module - 2 (Part I)

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    Raja Ravi Varma was an influential Indian artist in the late 19th century who painted scenes from Indian mythology in a realistic style. Younger Indian artists in the early 20th century were influenced by both Western and Indian styles as they sought to develop contemporary Indian art. Key pioneers included Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, and Rabindra Nath Tagore. Shergil's individualistic style blended Western techniques with Indian spirituality. Printmaking techniques also became popular. Major works from this period included Ravi Varma's 1898 oil painting "Hamsa Damayanti" and Amrita Shergil's 1938 painting "Bramhcharis."

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    Raja Ravi Varma was an influential Indian artist in the late 19th century who painted scenes from Indian mythology in a realistic style. Younger Indian artists in the early 20th century were influenced by both Western and Indian styles as they sought to develop contemporary Indian art. Key pioneers included Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, and Rabindra Nath Tagore. Shergil's individualistic style blended Western techniques with Indian spirituality. Printmaking techniques also became popular. Major works from this period included Ravi Varma's 1898 oil painting "Hamsa Damayanti" and Amrita Shergil's 1938 painting "Bramhcharis."

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    Raja Ravi Varma was an influential Indian artist in the late 19th century who painted scenes from Indian mythology in a realistic style. Younger Indian artists in the early 20th century were influenced by both Western and Indian styles as they sought to develop contemporary Indian art. Key pioneers included Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, and Rabindra Nath Tagore. Shergil's individualistic style blended Western techniques with Indian spirituality. Printmaking techniques also became popular. Major works from this period included Ravi Varma's 1898 oil painting "Hamsa Damayanti" and Amrita Shergil's 1938 painting "Bramhcharis."

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    Contemporary Indian Art Contemporary Indian Art: Module - 2 (Part I)

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    Raja Ravi Varma was an influential Indian artist in the late 19th century who painted scenes from Indian mythology in a realistic style. Younger Indian artists in the early 20th century were influenced by both Western and Indian styles as they sought to develop contemporary Indian art. Key pioneers included Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, and Rabindra Nath Tagore. Shergil's individualistic style blended Western techniques with Indian spirituality. Printmaking techniques also became popular. Major works from this period included Ravi Varma's 1898 oil painting "Hamsa Damayanti" and Amrita Shergil's 1938 painting "Bramhcharis."

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    CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART

    Module -2(Part I)
    List of Content:
    • Pioneers of contemporary Indian art
    • Contemporary Indian art
    Introduction to contemporary art
    • During this period Raja Ravi Varma was a popular artist who began to flourish in different
    metropolitan cities of India and trained art students.
    • His painting was based on mythological scenes in a realistic style.
    • The younger generation Inspired from the West or the East to give a new meaning to Indian art
    • Despite the efforts of the Bengal school, western art influences the younger generation to revive the
    classical tradition of Indian art.
    • The young artist was more influenced and attracted by the western art style, some of them are going
    to western.
    Contemporary Indian art
    Pioneers of contemporary
    Indian art

    Contemporary Indian art


    Pioneers of contemporary Indian art

    • Indian art pioneers are Raja Ravi Varma, Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, Rabindra Nath
    Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandlal Bose, and D. P. Roy Chowdhury
    • Among all painters, Amrita Shergill was the one famous lady painter who is famous for their
    individualistic style of painting.
    • The combination of both Western technique and Indian spiritualism created an ideal painting in
    this period and became the essence of Indian art.
    • Some of the young artist's name Benode Behari Mukherjee, Ramkinkar Vaij, Sailoz Mukherjee,
    showed interest in Japanese art and Folk Art.
    • Western artist used these techniques, Graphics and print making in art.
    Themes of art work
    • Hamsa Damayanti: In 1898, used oil on canvas as a medium made by Raja Ravi
    Varma, the illustration caused a sensation when it was first displayed at the Madras
    Fine Arts Exhibition
    • Bramhcharis : In 1938, painting done by Amrita Shergill with the help of oil on
    canvas as a medium depicts the simplicity of young Brahmin students, symbolized
    as devotion in the Hindu faith.
    • The Atrium: In 1920, using watercolors on paper, he created this work with its
    cubically broken forms, like a cubist. His painting shows a fine blend of light and
    produces dramatic effects.
    Contemporary Indian art

    • In this period, people used to do painting with printmaking techniques, and with this,
    a lot of copy would come out.
    • In 1965, painting techniques were used in this period, their names are: Etching, dry
    point, aquatint, intaglio, lithography, oleography.
    Themes of art work
    • Whirl Pool : in 1962, Intaglio on paper as a medium used by Krishna
    • Mediaeval Saints: (Benode Bihari Mukherjee) he developed a wall painting in 1947
    with the help of the “fresco Buono” technique to shows saints of different religions
    of India to create harmony and rhythm.
    • Words and symbols: In 1965, K.C.S. Panikar developed a painting with the help of
    oil on board, as a medium in which he designed a horoscope-like design using
    mathematical symbols, Arabic figures, Roman scripts and Malayalam scripts, Tantric
    symbols
    • Landscape in Red: In 1961, using an oil medium by Francis Newton Souza, he
    captured a city view in their painting that was not more than a concrete jungle and
    that reflected the mysterious character of the cities.
    Test your learning
    1. Which European style influenced his painting "Atrium“?
    Cubism, printing, realistic, individualistic
    2. Choose odd one of the following?
    Hamsa Damayanti, The Atrium, whirlpool, Bramhcharis
    3. Select the year for Raja Ravi Verma’s paintings of hamsa Damayanti?
    1938, 1838, 1920, 1993
    4. Which of the painting is made up of watercolor on paper?
    brahma Charis, the atrium, words and symbols, landscape in red.
    Solutions
    1. Cubism
    2. Whirlpool
    3. 1838
    4. the atrium
    Activity
    • Learners need to go through the content and collect beautiful art pictures from these
    following eras:
    • Pioneers of contemporary Indian art
    • Contemporary Indian art
    • Students need to work in pairs
    • Collect two pictures of any artist of that period along with their technique used video. 
    • Submit this assignment in a group.
    • assessment will be based on over all presentation

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