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.

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

Contemporary artists

• Anish Kapoor (Born 1954)
• Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961 - 2019) Indian Master Craftsman
• Aditya Pande (born 1976), painter, sculptor, digital artist
• Aman Singh Gulati (born 2000),World's First Almond Artist
• Anil Kumar Dutta (1933-2006)
• Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), painter
• Amitabh Mitra (born 1955)
• Chitra Ramanathan (born 1955), painter
• Atul Dodiya (born 1959), painter
• B. Prabha (1933–2001), painter
• Badri Narayan (1929-2013), painter
• Baiju Parthan (born 1956), painter
• Balan Nambiar (born 1937), sculptor, painter and research scholar
• Bapu (1933–2014), painter
• Bharti Kher (born 1969), painter, sculptor and installation artist
• Bhavna Mehta (born 1968), paper-cut artist
• Bholekar Srihari (1941-2018), painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Bhupen Khakkar (1934–2003), painter
• Bhuri Bai (1968), Bhil artist
• Bijan Choudhury (1931–2012), painter
• Bikash Bhattacharjee (1940–2006)
• Cop Shiva (born 1979)
• Daku, pseudonymous graffiti artist
• Devajyoti Ray (born 1974)
• Edmund Thomas Clint (1976-1983) child prodigy who painted over 25,000 paintings during his life of 6 years 11 months
• Dhiraj Choudhury (1936-2018)
• Dhruvi Acharya (born 1971), visual artist
• Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987), street photographer
• Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002)
• Gargi Raina (born 1961), painter
• Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967)
• Gieve Patel (born 1940)
• Gogi Saroj Pal (born 1945)
• Gurpreet Singh Dhuri (born 1983)
• Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), photographer, film director
• Jayant Parikh (born 1940)
• Jahar Dasgupta (born 1942), painter
• Jogen Chowdhury (born 1939)
• John Wilkins (1927-1991)
• K.G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)
• Kailash Chandra Meher (born 1954), painter
• Kanu Desai (1907–1980)
• Karuna Sukka (born 1980), printmaker
• Kurchi Dasgupta (born 1974)
• M R D Dattan (1935-2006)
• M.F. Husain (1915–2011)
• Madhan (born 1947)
• Madhuri Bhaduri (born 1958)
• Manav Gupta (born 1967)
• Manjit Bawa (1941–2008)
• Maya Burman (born 1971)
• Mohammed Yusuf Khatri (born 1967), Bagh printer
• Mohan Samant (1924–2004)
• Nandita Kumar (born 1981), new media artist
• Nek Chand (1924-2015)
• Norman Douglas Hutchinson (1932–2010)
• N.K.P. Muthukoya (born 1941)
• Ananta Mandal (born 1983), watercolorist
• Paris Mohan Kumar
• Paresh Maity (born 1965), painter and sculptor
• Piraji Sagara (1931-2014)
• Prafulla Dahanukar (1934-2014), painter
• Pranava Prakash (born 1979)
• Rabin Mondal (1929-2019)
• Ram Chandra Shukla (1925-2016)
• Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980), painter and sculptor
• Ratnadeep Adivrekar (born 1974)
• Ravi Mandlik (born 1960), painter
• Reena Saini Kallat (born 1973)
• S. Jithesh (born 1974)
• S. Rajam (1919-2010)
• S.H. Raza (1922-2016)
• Samir Mondal (born 1952), water colourist
• Sanjay Khatri (born 1987), ballet dancer
• Satish Gujral (1925-2020)
• Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954)
• Shashikant Dhotre (born 1982), drawing, painter, installations
• Shilpa Gupta (born 1976)
• Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972)
• Surekha, artist, video and photo installations
• Somalal Shah (1905-1994)
• Srimati Lal (1959-2019), artist and poet
• Y.G. Srimati (1926-2007), painter
• Suvigya Sharma (born 1983)
• Thukral & Tagra (born 1976, born 1979)
• Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), painter
• Vivan Sundaram (born 1943), installation artist
• Yantr
• Sudarsan Pattnaik (born 1977) Sand Artist
• Saba Hasan (born 1962) contemporary artist
• K.R.Sunil (Born 1975)
• Tom Vattakuzhy (Born 1967)
• Sajitha R. Shankar (Born 1967)
• Rajan Krishnan (1968-2016)

See also

• List of Indian women artists
• List of most expensive Indian artists