# ArtChancery

> Indian art, on the record. An independent, free record of Indian art: works, artists, kinds (schools and traditions), museums and places, galleries, events, foundations, stories and plain guides. Every fact links to its source. ArtChancery sells nothing.

Contact: record@artchancery.com. Images come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences, credited on each page; works still in copyright are listed without images.

## Key pages
- [Works](https://artchancery.com/works/): paintings, prints and drawings with maker, date, medium and where each is held
- [Artists A to Z](https://artchancery.com/artists/)
- [Kinds of Indian art](https://artchancery.com/kinds/): Mughal, Rajput, Pahari, Company school, Kalighat, folk and modern movements
- [Where to see it](https://artchancery.com/places/): museums and public collections
- [Galleries](https://artchancery.com/galleries/)
- [Fairs and events](https://artchancery.com/events/)
- [Foundations and trusts](https://artchancery.com/foundations/)
- [Stories](https://artchancery.com/stories/)
- [Guides](https://artchancery.com/guides/)
- [Your first work](https://artchancery.com/first-work/): a calm guide for first-time buyers
- [About](https://artchancery.com/about/)

## Artists
- [Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951)](https://artchancery.com/artists/abanindranath-tagore/)
- [Akbar Padamsee (1928–2020)](https://artchancery.com/artists/akbar-padamsee/)
- [Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941)](https://artchancery.com/artists/amrita-sher-gil/)
- [Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940)](https://artchancery.com/artists/anjolie-ela-menon/)
- [Arpita Singh (1937–2026)](https://artchancery.com/artists/arpita-singh/)
- [Atul Dodiya (born 1959)](https://artchancery.com/artists/atul-dodiya/)
- [Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904–1980)](https://artchancery.com/artists/benode-behari-mukherjee/)
- [Bharti Kher (born 1969)](https://artchancery.com/artists/bharti-kher/)
- [Bhupen Khakhar (1934–2003)](https://artchancery.com/artists/bhupen-khakhar/)
- [Bhuri Bai](https://artchancery.com/artists/bhuri-bai/)
- [F. N. Souza (1924–2002)](https://artchancery.com/artists/f-n-souza/)
- [Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938)](https://artchancery.com/artists/gaganendranath-tagore/)
- [Ganesh Pyne (1937–2013)](https://artchancery.com/artists/ganesh-pyne/)
- [Ganga Devi (1928–1991)](https://artchancery.com/artists/ganga-devi/)
- [Gulammohammed Sheikh (born 1937)](https://artchancery.com/artists/gulammohammed-sheikh/)
- [Jamini Roy (1887–1972)](https://artchancery.com/artists/jamini-roy/)
- [Jangarh Singh Shyam (1962–2001)](https://artchancery.com/artists/jangarh-singh-shyam/)
- [Jivya Soma Mashe (1934–2018)](https://artchancery.com/artists/jivya-soma-mashe/)
- [Jogen Chowdhury (1939–2026)](https://artchancery.com/artists/jogen-chowdhury/)
- [K. G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)](https://artchancery.com/artists/k-g-subramanyan/)
- [K. H. Ara (1914–1985)](https://artchancery.com/artists/k-h-ara/)
- [Krishen Khanna (born 1925)](https://artchancery.com/artists/krishen-khanna/)
- [M F Husain (1915–2011)](https://artchancery.com/artists/m-f-husain/)
- [Manjit Bawa (1941–2008)](https://artchancery.com/artists/manjit-bawa/)
- [Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015)](https://artchancery.com/artists/mrinalini-mukherjee/)
- [Nalini Malani (born 1946)](https://artchancery.com/artists/nalini-malani/)
- [Nandalal Bose (1882–1966)](https://artchancery.com/artists/nandalal-bose/)
- [Nasreen Mohamedi (1937–1990)](https://artchancery.com/artists/nasreen-mohamedi/)
- [Paritosh Sen (1918–2008)](https://artchancery.com/artists/paritosh-sen/)
- [Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)](https://artchancery.com/artists/rabindranath-tagore/)
- [Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)](https://artchancery.com/artists/raja-ravi-varma/)
- [Ram Kumar (1924–2018)](https://artchancery.com/artists/ram-kumar/)
- [Rameshwar Broota (born 1941)](https://artchancery.com/artists/rameshwar-broota/)
- [Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980)](https://artchancery.com/artists/ramkinkar-baij/)
- [S H Raza (1922–2016)](https://artchancery.com/artists/s-h-raza/)
- [Sakti Burman (born 1935)](https://artchancery.com/artists/sakti-burman/)
- [Satish Gujral (1925–2020)](https://artchancery.com/artists/satish-gujral/)
- [Somnath Hore (1921–2006)](https://artchancery.com/artists/somnath-hore/)
- [Subodh Gupta (born 1964)](https://artchancery.com/artists/subodh-gupta/)
- [Sudhir Patwardhan (born 1949)](https://artchancery.com/artists/sudhir-patwardhan/)

## Works
- [A Courtesan and Her Lover Estranged by a Quarrel, from a Rasamanjari series, Devidasa of Nurpur, Dated 1694–95](https://artchancery.com/works/courtesan-and-lover-estranged-rasamanjari/)
- [A Human Face, Rabindranath Tagore, Undated (Tagore painted from his sixties until his death in 1941)](https://artchancery.com/works/a-human-face-rabindranath-tagore/)
- [Akbar and the Elephant Hawa'i, from the Akbarnama, Basawan (outline) and Chatr (painting), c. 1590–1595](https://artchancery.com/works/akbar-and-the-elephant-hawai/)
- [Bharat Mata, Abanindranath Tagore, 1905](https://artchancery.com/works/bharat-mata-abanindranath-tagore/)
- [Brahminy Starling on a Neem Branch, Shaikh Zain al-Din, 1780, Calcutta](https://artchancery.com/works/brahminy-starling-on-neem-zain-al-din/)
- [Bride's Toilet, Amrita Sher-Gil, 1937](https://artchancery.com/works/brides-toilet-amrita-sher-gil/)
- [Galaxy of Musicians, Raja Ravi Varma, 1889](https://artchancery.com/works/galaxy-of-musicians-ravi-varma/)
- [Group of Three Girls, Amrita Sher-Gil, 1935](https://artchancery.com/works/group-of-three-girls-amrita-sher-gil/)
- [Head Study (Geometric), Rabindranath Tagore, 1928–1929](https://artchancery.com/works/head-study-geometric-rabindranath-tagore/)
- [Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, Bichitr, c. 1615–1618](https://artchancery.com/works/jahangir-preferring-a-sufi-shaikh-to-kings/)
- [Journey's End, Abanindranath Tagore, c. 1913](https://artchancery.com/works/journeys-end-abanindranath-tagore/)
- [Kala with Sabre Drawn, and Kala in Uniform, from the Fraser Album, Workshop of Ghulam Ali Khan, 1815–1816, Delhi](https://artchancery.com/works/kala-two-portraits-fraser-album/)
- [Krishna's Longing for Radha, from a Gita Govinda, Unknown painter, Kangra school (Lambagraon series), c. 1820–1825](https://artchancery.com/works/krishnas-longing-for-radha-lambagraon-gita-govinda/)
- [Maharana Ari Singh with His Courtiers Being Entertained at the Jagniwas Water Palace, Bhima, Kesu Ram, Bhopa and Nathu, Dated 1767](https://artchancery.com/works/maharana-ari-singh-at-jagniwas/)
- [Mahatma Gandhi, 1½ annas, India Post; printed by Hélio Courvoisier, Switzerland, 15 August 1948](https://artchancery.com/works/gandhi-1948-stamp/)
- [Navaneeta Krishna, Unknown Thanjavur painter, Second half of the 19th century](https://artchancery.com/works/navaneeta-krishna-tanjore/)
- [One Rupee, George V, Bombay Mint, 1918](https://artchancery.com/works/george-v-rupee-1918/)
- [Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur, from the Shah Jahan Album, Hashim, c. 1620 (portrait); calligraphy on the reverse 1534 or later](https://artchancery.com/works/ibrahim-adil-shah-ii-by-hashim/)
- [Portrait of Maharaja Savant Singh with His Consort, Bani Thani, Attributed to Nihal Chand, Mid-1700s](https://artchancery.com/works/savant-singh-and-bani-thani/)
- [Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota Examining a Painting with Nainsukh, Attributed to Nainsukh of Guler, c. 1745–1750](https://artchancery.com/works/balwant-singh-examining-a-painting-with-nainsukh/)
- [Raja Harishchandra: notice for the first public run, Unknown (Coronation Cinematograph, Bombay), 1913](https://artchancery.com/works/raja-harishchandra-1913-notice/)
- [Saraswati (oleograph), After Raja Ravi Varma; printed by the Ravi Varma Press, c. 1930 (posthumous print after a painting by Ravi Varma, d. 1906)](https://artchancery.com/works/saraswati-ravi-varma-press-oleograph/)
- [Scinde Dawk, half anna, red wafer, Issued under Sir Bartle Frere, Chief Commissioner of Sindh, 1 July 1852](https://artchancery.com/works/scinde-dawk-1852/)
- [Shakuntala, Raja Ravi Varma, 1898](https://artchancery.com/works/shakuntala-ravi-varma/)
- [Square Gold Mohur of Akbar, Mughal imperial mint, 1578–1580](https://artchancery.com/works/akbar-gold-mohur-lacma/)
- [The Death of Inayat Khan, Balchand, October 1618, Agra](https://artchancery.com/works/the-death-of-inayat-khan/)
- [The Great Elephant Saluting, Lala Deen Dayal, 1885–1900](https://artchancery.com/works/great-elephant-saluting-deen-dayal/)
- [The Secundra Bagh, Showing the Breach and Gateway, Felice Beato, 1858](https://artchancery.com/works/secundra-bagh-felice-beato/)
- [The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq, from the Hamzanama, Kesav Das and Mah Muhammad, c. 1570](https://artchancery.com/works/hamzanama-the-spy-zambur-brings-mahiya/)
- [There Comes Papa, Raja Ravi Varma, 1893](https://artchancery.com/works/there-comes-papa-ravi-varma/)
- [Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II, Unknown painter at Kota, c. 1830–1840](https://artchancery.com/works/tiger-hunt-of-ram-singh-ii/)
- [Trivikrama (The Three Steps of Vishnu), Unknown Kalighat painter, c. 1890, Calcutta](https://artchancery.com/works/kalighat-trivikrama/)
- [Varati Ragini, from the Chawand Ragamala, Nasiruddin, 1605](https://artchancery.com/works/varati-ragini-chawand-ragamala/)
- [Woman Striking a Man with a Broom, Unknown Kalighat painter, c. 1875, Calcutta](https://artchancery.com/works/kalighat-woman-striking-man-with-broom/)
- [Yogini with a Mynah Bird, Unknown painter at Bijapur (called the Dublin Painter), Early 17th century](https://artchancery.com/works/yogini-with-a-mynah-bird/)
- [Zodiac Coin of Jahangir: Aries, Mughal mint at Agra, 1618–1623](https://artchancery.com/works/jahangir-zodiac-coin-aries/)

## Kinds
- [Baroda School](https://artchancery.com/kinds/baroda-school/)
- [Bengal School](https://artchancery.com/kinds/bengal-school/)
- [Company painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/company-school/)
- [Contemporary Indian art](https://artchancery.com/kinds/contemporary/)
- [Deccani painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/deccani/)
- [Gond painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/gond/)
- [Kalighat painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/kalighat/)
- [Madhubani painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/madhubani/)
- [Mughal painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/mughal/)
- [Mysore painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/mysore/)
- [Pahari painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/pahari/)
- [Pattachitra](https://artchancery.com/kinds/pattachitra/)
- [Photography in India](https://artchancery.com/kinds/photography/)
- [Pichwai](https://artchancery.com/kinds/pichwai/)
- [Progressive Artists' Group](https://artchancery.com/kinds/progressives/)
- [Rajput painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/rajput/)
- [Tanjore painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/tanjore/)
- [Warli painting](https://artchancery.com/kinds/warli/)

## Places
- [Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj](https://artchancery.com/places/allahabad-museum/)
- [Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Kolkata](https://artchancery.com/places/asutosh-museum/)
- [Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi](https://artchancery.com/places/bharat-kala-bhavan/)
- [British Museum, London](https://artchancery.com/places/british-museum/)
- [Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai](https://artchancery.com/places/csmvs-mumbai/)
- [City Palace Museum, Udaipur, Udaipur](https://artchancery.com/places/city-palace-udaipur/)
- [Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland](https://artchancery.com/places/cleveland-museum-of-art/)
- [Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai](https://artchancery.com/places/bhau-daji-lad-museum/)
- [Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda, Vadodara](https://artchancery.com/places/faculty-of-fine-arts-baroda/)
- [Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.](https://artchancery.com/places/freer-gallery-of-art/)
- [Government College of Art, Chandigarh, Chandigarh](https://artchancery.com/places/government-college-of-art-chandigarh/)
- [Government Museum, Chennai, Chennai](https://artchancery.com/places/government-museum-chennai/)
- [Indian Museum, Kolkata, Kolkata](https://artchancery.com/places/indian-museum-kolkata/)
- [Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata](https://artchancery.com/places/jorasanko-thakur-bari/)
- [Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan](https://artchancery.com/places/kala-bhavana-santiniketan/)
- [Kala Ghoda, Mumbai](https://artchancery.com/places/kala-ghoda/)
- [Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi](https://artchancery.com/places/kiran-nadar-museum-of-art/)
- [Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur](https://artchancery.com/places/mehrangarh/)
- [The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York](https://artchancery.com/places/metropolitan-museum-of-art/)
- [Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru](https://artchancery.com/places/museum-of-art-and-photography/)
- [National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, Bengaluru](https://artchancery.com/places/ngma-bengaluru/)
- [National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Mumbai](https://artchancery.com/places/ngma-mumbai/)
- [National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, New Delhi](https://artchancery.com/places/ngma-new-delhi/)
- [Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad](https://artchancery.com/places/salar-jung-museum/)
- [Sanskriti Museums, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi](https://artchancery.com/places/sanskriti-kendra/)
- [Santiniketan, Bolpur](https://artchancery.com/places/santiniketan/)
- [Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai](https://artchancery.com/places/sir-jj-school-of-art/)
- [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://artchancery.com/places/victoria-and-albert-museum/)
- [Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata](https://artchancery.com/places/victoria-memorial/)

## Stories
- [Sher-Gil's last canvas](https://artchancery.com/stories/sher-gils-last-canvas/): In the autumn of 1941 Amrita Sher-Gil began painting the view from her roof in Lahore. She did not finish it.
- [Souvenirs, now in museums](https://artchancery.com/stories/souvenirs-now-in-museums/): Painters outside a Calcutta temple made cheap pictures for pilgrims. The survivors are now in museums.
- [The press that put gods on every wall](https://artchancery.com/stories/the-press-that-put-gods-on-every-wall/): A painter bought a German press, lost it within seven years, and still ended up on almost every wall in India.
- [The rupee with a pig on it](https://artchancery.com/stories/the-rupee-with-a-pig-on-it/): In 1911 the Raj struck a new silver rupee for a new king. It was soon withdrawn, because of an elephant.
- [Turn the painting over](https://artchancery.com/stories/turn-the-painting-over/): The front is what the artist meant you to see. The back is what everyone else left behind.

## Guides
- [Caring for paper in India](https://artchancery.com/guides/caring-for-paper-in-india/): Drawings, prints and watercolours survive heat well enough. What they do not survive is damp, sun and the wrong frame.
- [Certificates, and what they mean](https://artchancery.com/guides/certificates-and-what-they-mean/): A certificate of authenticity is someone's opinion, written down. Who that someone is decides what it means.
- [How to visit a gallery](https://artchancery.com/guides/how-to-visit-a-gallery/): Galleries are free, quiet and slightly intimidating. Only the first two are meant.
- [Inheriting art](https://artchancery.com/guides/inheriting-art/): What to do in the first weeks, what the law in India asks of heirs, and how to find out what you have, in that order.
- [Moving art abroad](https://artchancery.com/guides/moving-art-abroad/): The plain rules for taking a work of art out of India: the 100-year line, the nine artists, and the paperwork customs may ask for.
- [Original or print?](https://artchancery.com/guides/original-or-print/): How to tell a unique work, an original print and a reproduction apart, and what the pencil marks in the margin mean.
- [Reading the back of a painting](https://artchancery.com/guides/reading-the-back-of-a-painting/): A step-by-step way to record what is on the reverse of a canvas or a framed work on paper, before anyone touches it.
- [Your first work](https://artchancery.com/first-work/): Buy what you'd still want on your wall in twenty years. The rest is homework.

## Optional
- [Everything, with summaries](https://artchancery.com/llms-full.txt)