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John Wilkins (1927–1991), was an Indian artist whose works have been rated in the league of the greatest by art critics. His paintings are valued highly, and many are in the collections of select art collectors, business houses and Government institutions. Some of his most famous works include Gossip, Sneha- village belle and Market Seller. [5]
One of Sher-Gil's earliest paintings upon returning to India in 1934. [64] It depicts a young Babette Mann. [65] Displayed at the 1937 exhibition in Lahore, with a sale price of ₹150, and bought by Charles Fabri. [17] Sold by auction in 2018 for ₹18.69 crore, equivalent to $2.67 million. [31] [66] 1934: View from Majithia House
V. S. Gaitonde was the first Indian contemporary painter whose work was sold for ₹ 9 million (US$110,000) at a 2005 Osians art auction in Mumbai. [5] In 2013, one of Gaitonde's untitled painting sold for ₹ 237 million (US$2.8 million), set a record for an Indian artist at Christie's debut auction in India.
Indian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indian art. [1] The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of prehistoric times, such as the petroglyphs found in places like the Bhimbetka rock shelters. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 10,000 years old.
Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [ɾaːdʒaː ɾɐʋi ʋɐrm(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 [3] [4]) was an Indian painter and artist.His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography.
The Story Teller is an oil painting on canvas, a figurative art measuring 59cm by 79cm. [3] It was painted in October 1937, following Sher-Gil's tour of South India, and in the same month that her sister Indira married Kalyan Sundaram.