Bombay Progressive Artists' Group
- Bombay Progressive Artists' Group
The "Progressive Artists' Group"' was the most influential group of modern artists in India from its formation in 1947.
The Progressive Artists' Group was formed by Francis Newton Souza and S. H. Raza. M. F. Husain was an early member and others associated with the group included S. K. Bakre, Akbar Padamsee and Tyeb Mehta. The group wished to break with the revivalist nationalism established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. Their intention was to "paint with absolute freedom for content and technique, almost anarchic, save that we are governed by one or two sound elemental and eternal laws, of aesthetic order, plastic co-ordination and colour composition." [ [http://www.saffronart.com/articles.asp?mainid=1§ionid=14&Articleid=9&pageno=3 Overview of India Art: Progressive Artists Group] ]
In 1950, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Krishen Khanna and Mohan Samant joined the Group, following the departure from India of the two main founders Souza and Raza. Bakre also left the group. The group disbanded in 1956.
European modernism was the most distinctive influence on the group, but its members worked in dramatically different styles, from the Expressionism of Souza to the pure abstraction of Gaitonde. Specfic Indian imagery and landscapes were also adopted, particularly by Metha and Husain.
ee also
* Calcutta Group
References
ources
* Partha Mitter, "Indian Art (Oxford History of Art)", Oxford University Press (2001), ISBN 0192842218
External links
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mind/hd_mind.htm Modern Art in India (Timeline of Art History), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1416/14160820.htm M. F. Husain, "An artist and a movement", Frontline magazine (The Hindu), Vol.14::No.16::Aug.9-22, 1997] - includes group photo
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