The Indian Portrait

An online museum on the fascinating journey of Indian Portraits
from the collection of Anil Relia

Vivan Sundaram

Vivan Sundaram (b. 1943) Art Gallery, Delhi, 2007 Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943 in Shimla and got educated from the Doon School, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and the Slade School of Fine Arts, London. He works in many different media, including painting, sculpture, print making, photography, installation, found objects and video art. He […]

Amit Ambalal

Amit Ambalal (b. 1943) Archer Artist meet, Nathdwara, 1999 Amit Ambalal was born in 1943 in Ahmedabad and was qualified in Arts, Commerce and Law. He was a businessman until the age of 36 but his childhood dream was to become a painter. So in 1977, he liquidated the family owned textile mill to pursue […]

Raghu Rai

Raghu Rai (b. 1942) Chhota Udepur, 1977 Raghunath Rai Chowdhry was born in 1942 in a small village of Jhhang, now in Pakistan. He started learning photography in 1962 and in 1965 joined The Statesman newspaper as its chief photographer. Impressed by an exhibit of his work in Paris in 1971, Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated Rai […]

Madhvi Parekh

Madhvi Parekh (b. 1942) Gallery Lemon Grasshopper, Ahmedabad, 2008 Madhvi Parekh was born in 1942 in Sanjaya and is a self-trained artist. Her father was a Gandhian and she married her husband Manu Parekh at the age of 15. She did not have aspirations to be an artist but beckoned by her husband she began […]

Thota Vaikuntam

Thota Vaikuntam (b. 1942) Uttarayan Artist Camp, Vadodara, 2001 Thota Vaikuntam was born in 1942 in Boorugupali, Andhra Pradesh and completed his first Diploma in Painting at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad in 1970 and second diploma in Painting and Print making from the Faculty of Fine Arts at M S University, […]

R. B. Bhaskaran

R. B. Bhaskaran (b. 1942) Artist Camp, Jaipur, 2008 R. B. Bhaskaran was born in Chennai in 1942, and he studied advanced paintings at the Government College of Arts & Crafts in Madras. He also underwent training for Fresco technique at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan and studied Intaglio Print making, Lithography and Ceramics at En Hod […]

Rameshwar Broota

Rameshwar Broota (b. 1941) Champaner, near Vadodara, 2010 Rameshwar Broota, born in 1941 in Delhi, graduated in Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Art in 1963 and joined the institution as a lecturer. He has serves as Head of Department at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi. Broota is known for his paintings of male […]

S G Vasudev

S G Vasudev (b. 1941) Artist Camp, Manor, Maharashtra, 2009 Setlur Gopal Vasudev was born in 1941 in Mysore, Karnataka and is an alumnus of Madras Arts College and one of the longtime artists associated with Cholamandal Artists’ Village. Vasudev’s works are represented in many individual institutions and corporate collections worldwide. He worked in many […]

Manjit Bawa

Manjit Bawa (1941-2008) Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 1982 Manjit Bawa was born on July 30, 1941 in Dhuri, Punjab, and studied at the College of Art, New Delhi, and then at the London School of Printing. His palette mainly consisted traditional Indian colours, such as red, pink, and violet, which he used to create unique and […]

Jatin Das

Jatin Das (b. 1941) Bihar Museum, Patna, 2016 Jatin Das was born in 1941 at Baripada Mayurbhanj, Odisha. He completed his education in 1962 from J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. He paints on oil, acrylic, watercolour, ink and conte, is a print maker and also does sculptures and murals. He has held over 68 […]