‘Still Life with Mangoes’ (1961), oil, sticks and stones on canvas pasted on plyboard[KG Subramanyan]
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KCS Paniker(1911-77)Taught at: Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, of which he was principal Referred to as a child prodigy for his early start as an artist, Paniker went on to form the Progressive Painters’ Association and, later, the Cholamandal Artists’ Village. Influenced by India’s hidden language of symbols in traditional art, he chose to work in the abstract, influenced also
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‘Picture in Yellow and Blue’ (1964), oil on canvas[KCS Paniker]
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Nandalal Bose(1882-1966)Taught at: Kala Bhavana at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, on Rabindranath Tagore’s persuasion Abanindranath Tagore’s student, who went on to outshine his teacher, Bose’s career can be divided into two parts—the first in Calcutta (now Kolkata) where he soon became renowned for his amazingly elegant paintings in the style that came to be known as the Bengal
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‘Flute player’ (1937), tempera on paper[Nandalal Bose]
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Sankho Chaudhuri(1916-2006)Taught at: Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda, and visiting fellow at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi The quintessential teacher—he established the sculpture department at MS University—he studied at Santiniketan under Ramkinkar Baij, India’s first modernist, and went on to teach sculptors Rag
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‘Tribute to Bhabeshda’ (1992), bronze[Sankho Chaudhuri]
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NS Bendre(1910-92)Taught at: Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda Along with Gulam Sheikh, NS Bendre was the kind of teacher who encouraged students from different backgrounds to join art classes, sometimes also organising or paying for their fees. Among those he encouraged to study art was MF Husain, whom he met in Indore, and Gulam Rasool Santosh, who was introduced to him by SH
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Untitled (‘A Village Fair, Rajgir-Bihar’), water colour on paper[NS Bendre]
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Rameshwar Broota(b. 1941)Taught at: College of Art, Delhi he serves as Head of Department at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi Many artists have passed through Rameshwar Broota’s mentorship, particularly at Triveni. He might be said to have influenced generations of painters. As a teacher, he has never imposed his own style or authority, and his students have benefitted from his presence and
