Sawlaram Lakshman Haldankar also know as S L Haldankar was a well-known Indian painter. Haldankar was born into a family from Sawantwadi, which was then a Princely State and is located today in Maharashtra state.
Read MoreWe don't need any introduction for this famous lady with the most mysterious smile. The famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci is completely out of the world! It is one of the most valuable paintings in the world. The Mona Lisa bears a strong resemblance to many Renaissance depictions of the Virgin Mary.
Read MoreThere are many different kinds of fabric paint and even more ways to use them. As well as traditional fabric paints that you apply with a brush, you can find paints designed to be squeezed onto fabric and fabric spray paints. You can use a brush to create your designs or apply paint with sponges, stamps and rollers.
Read MoreShilpa Gupta is an artist from Mumbai, India. She received her BFA in sculpture from the Sir J. J. School of Fine Arts in 1997. Her mediums range from manipulated found objects to video, interactive computer-based installation and performance.
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Spy Booth by @Banksy
Street art has a long and controversial history, but in recent years it has evolved and been reinvented as a high art form. The earliest expressions of street art were certainly the graffiti which started showing up on the sides of train cars and walls in the 1920s and 1930s New York. The impact of this subversive culture was extraordinarily felt in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read MoreSheila Hicks was born in Hastings, Nebraska in 1934. She is an American artist. She lives and works in Paris, France. She is known for her innovative and experimental weavings and sculptural textile art that incorporate distinctive colors, natural materials, and personal narratives.
Read MoreBanksy is an anonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director, active since the 1990s. Banksy is commonly believed to be Robin Gunningham, born on 28 July 1973. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.
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Ranjit Dahiya is originally from a small town named Sonipat in Haryana, India. He did his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from College of Art, Chandigarh and Post Graduate in Graphic Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Read MoreKalpathi Ganpathi Subramanyan (also known as Mani Da) was involved in the many streams of art - pottery and sculpture, making murals and toys, or writing children’s books. He was born in 1924 into a Tamil Brahmin family at Kuthuparambu in north Kerala.
Read MorePaul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848 in Paris, France. He was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor who was a “primitive” expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work. His work has been categorized as Post-Impressionist, Synthetist, and Symbolist. His artistic experiments influenced many avant-garde developments in the early 20th century.
Read MorePrintmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.
Read MoreWatercolour art dates from Stone Age cave painting when early Paleolithic man first painted pictures of animals and humans on their caves using charcoal, ochre and other natural pigments.
What makes watercolor painting so unique is its unforgiving nature; lines, colors, and forms must be applied perfectly the first time around, as any attempt to paint over simply renders the entire effect muddied. Watercolors have dominated Asian art and still do today, but they have also enjoyed a prominent place in Western art history.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the depiction of the Lucifer – the fallen angel, the devil, the serpent - artists have been at odds against each other. Sometimes too evil, sometimes too sublime, sometimes all too human. Over the course of time, artists have had countless interpretations which have influenced the public perception of this intriguing biblical character just as much as Dante and Milton’s literary works.
Read MoreFrida Kahlo used her paintings to tell us she was a lot of things. Often regarded as a surrealist painter, (no doubt, the pieces do present themselves as a bizarre concoction out of a dream), Kahlo often said that she only painted her reality. With a myriad of self-portraits and concepts ranging from the Mexican revolution, national identity, accidents and miscarriages, her paintings - despite her tumultuous and singular experiences- spoke of emotions that were universal - pain, loss, loneliness and love with honesty and raw passion like no other.
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