Top 25 Indian Contemporary Artists

The Economic Times
January 24, 2009

1. MF Husain - The Cubist who redefined Indian art by not just working on the practice but also on the price he quoted.

2. VS Gaitonde - Gaitonde created for auction houses what is now a passage to india.

3. SH Raza - Raza and his bindu are at once spiritual and colorful and have layers of meaning within.

4. Amrita Shergil - A tumultuous life and a European pathos.

5. Ravi Varma - The artist adopted Western style to become the poster boy.

6. Tyeb Mehta - Artist Tyeb Mehta at launch of his 'Ideas Images Exchanges' at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, on Wednesday April 12, 2006.

7. FN Souza

8. Bhupen Kakhar

9. Akbar Padamsee - Tina Ambani's Harmony show displaying works of renowned artists like Atul Dodiya, Bose Krishnamachari and Akbar Padamsee.

10. JS Swaminathan

11. Ram Kumar

12. Atul Dodiya

13. Abanindranath Tagore

14. Ganesh Pyne

15. Krishen Khanna

16. KG Subramanyan

17. Subodh Gupta

18. Nasreen Mohamedi

19. Somnath Hore

20. Nandalal Bose

21. Jitish Kallat

22. Manjit Bawa

23. Ravinder Reddy

24. Nalini Malani

25. Jogen Chowdhury