Nazaria
Movement · c. 1900 – 1990

Modernists

Amrita Sher-Gil, Gaganendranath Tagore, the Progressive Artists' Group, and the long twentieth-century argument over what a modern Indian picture should be.

2 pieces in Modernists

NENazaria Editorial

Amrita Sher-Gil: The Painter Who Gave India a Modern Face

Born in Budapest, trained in Paris, dead at 28. She turned down Europe to paint Indian village women — and became the founding face of Indian modernism.

Jun 23Modernists9 min read
Amrita Sher-Gil: The Painter Who Gave India a Modern Face
NENazaria Editorial

India's First Cubist Was a Tagore You've Never Heard Of

While Europe argued about Cubism, a self-taught Bengali was quietly doing it too — and using the same brush to mock his own snobbish class.

Jun 22Modernists8 min read
India's First Cubist Was a Tagore You've Never Heard Of