List of Indian artists

This is a list of notable artists who were born in India and or have a strong association with India.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

* Nandalal Bose (1882–1966)
* Sunil Das (1939–2015)
* Manishi Dey (1909–1966)
* Mukul Chandra Dey (1895–1989)
* Kalipada Ghoshal (1906–1995)
* Maniam (1924–1968)
* Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904–1980)
* Annada Munsi (1905–1985)
* Manu Munsi (1924–2009)
* Sobha Singh Naqqashi (1901–1986)
* Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
* Jamini Roy (1887–1972)
* Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941)
* Silpi (1919–1983)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1899–1976)
* Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951)
* Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938)
* Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
* Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)

## Contemporary artists

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### A–M

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* Dhruvi Acharya (born 1971), visual artist
* Ratnadeep Adivrekar (born 1974)
* Anurag Anand (born 1978), visual artist and writer
* Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954)
* Bhuri Bai (1968), Bhil artist
* Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980), painter and sculptor
* Bapu (1933–2014), painter
* Manjit Bawa (1941–2008)
* Madhuri Bhaduri (born 1958)
* Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987), street photographer
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1940–2006)
* Maya Burman (born 1971)
* Nek Chand (1924–2015)
* Bijan Choudhury (1931–2012), painter
* Dhiraj Choudhury (1936–2018)
* Jogen Chowdhury (born 1939)
* Edmund Thomas Clint (1976–1983), child prodigy who painted over 25,000 paintings during his life of 6 years 11 months
* Prafulla Dahanukar (1934–2014), painter
* Daku, pseudonymous graffiti artist
* Jahar Dasgupta (born 1942), painter * Vikash Maharaj born 1957 artist]]
* Kurchi Dasgupta (born 1974)
* M R D Dattan (1935–2006)
* Kanu Desai (1907–1980)
* Shashikant Dhotre (born 1982), drawing, painter, installations
* Gurpreet Singh Dhuri (born 1983)
* Atul Dodiya (born 1959), painter
* Anil Kumar Dutta (1933–2006)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), painter
* Satish Gujral (1925–2020)
* Aman Singh Gulati (born 2000), world's first almond artist
* Manav Gupta (born 1967)
* Shilpa Gupta (born 1976)
* Saba Hasan (born 1962) contemporary artist
* M.F. Husain (1915–2011)
* Norman Douglas Hutchinson (1932–2010)
* S. Jithesh (born 1974)
* Reena Saini Kallat (born 1973)
* Anish Kapoor (born 1954)
* Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972)
* Bhupen Khakkar (1934–2003), painter
* Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961–2019), master craftsman
* Mohammed Yusuf Khatri (born 1967), Bagh printer
* Sanjay Khatri (born 1987), ballet dancer
* Bharti Kher (born 1969), painter, sculptor and installation artist
* Rajan Krishnan (1968–2016)
* Nandita Kumar (born 1981), new media artist
* Paris Mohan Kumar
* Srimati Lal (1959–2019), artist and poet
* Madhan (born 1947)
* Paresh Maity (born 1965), painter and sculptor
* Ananta Mandal (born 1983), watercolorist
* Ravi Mandlik (born 1960), painter
* Kailash Chandra Meher (born 1954), painter
* Bhavna Mehta (born 1968), paper-cut artist
* Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), painter
* K. K. Menon (1925-1999), painter
* Amitabh Mitra (born 1955)
* Rabin Mondal (1929–2019)
* Samir Mondal (born 1952), watercolourist
* N.K.P. Muthukoya (born 1941)

### N–Z

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* Balan Nambiar (born 1937), sculptor, painter and research scholar
* Badri Narayan (1929–2013), painter
* Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967)
* Gogi Saroj Pal (born 1945)
* Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), photographer, film director
* Aditya Pande (born 1976), painter, sculptor, digital artist
* Jayant Parikh (born 1940)
* Baiju Parthan (born 1956), painter
* Gieve Patel (born 1940)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (born 1977), sand artist
* B. Prabha (1933–2001), painter
* Pranava Prakash (born 1979)
* Gargi Raina (born 1961), painter
* S. Rajam (1919–2010)
* Devajyoti Ray (born 1974)
* S.H. Raza (1922–2016)
* Piraji Sagara (1931–2014)
* Mohan Samant (1924–2004)
* Sajitha R. Shankar (born 1967)
* Somalal Shah (1905–1994)
* Suvigya Sharma (born 1983)
* Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016)
* Vibhor Sogani (born 1967)
* Francis Newton Souza (1924–2002)
* Bholekar Srihari (1941–2018), painter, sculptor and printmaker
* Y.G. Srimati (1926-2007), painter
* K.G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)
* Karuna Sukka (born 1980), printmaker
* Vivan Sundaram (born 1943), installation artist
* K.R.Sunil (born 1975)
* Surekha, artist, video and photo installations
* Thukral & Tagra (born 1976, born 1979)
* K. P. Thomas (artist) (born 1951)
* Tom Vattakuzhy (born 1967)
* John Wilkins (1927–1991)
* Yantr

## See also

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* Biography portal
* India portal
* Lists portal
* Visual arts portal

* List of Indian women artists
* List of most expensive Indian artists

## References

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