During this nascent period of independence its citizens sought to define its parameters and understand its reason for being. In the mid twentieth century india was a new democratic country carved out of the subcontinent and led by the indian national congress. Works of art 9 essay.
Modern art in india. But distinct from them are modern indian sculptors who have conjured outstanding avant garde creations based on western principles. Beautiful ancient sculptures adorn palaces temples and caves in india.
Modern day masters like dhruva mistry and anish kapoor focus on conjuring artworks that inspire awe. Initially protagonists of indian art such as raja ravi varma drew on western traditions and techniques including oil paint and easel painting. The old traditions of painting had more or less died out in bengal and new schools of art were started by the british.
The modern indian art movement in indian painting is considered to have begun in calcutta in the late nineteenth century. Contemporary indian artists continue to be critical and engaged with issues linked to the country s turbulent and fraught history of colonialism decolonization and. India has a history of debate around the nature of indian art and the development of an idiosyncratic style of modernism spurred by the country s independence in 1947.
The ngma s sculpture collection is amongst the. Karl antao and sudarshan shetty narrate the story of the history of modern sculptures in india in a holistic way. The beginning of modernism in indian sculpture can be traced to its adaptation of western academic art traditions in the early 20th century.
Virtual galleries modern sculptures. The sculpture in the indian subcontinent partly because of the climate of the indian subcontinent making the long term survival of organic materials difficult essentially consiste in sculpture of stone metal or terracotta it is clear there was a great deal of painting and sculpture in wood and ivory during these periods but there are only a few survivals.
