Ramu Ramdev, an underrated master
Modern art teachers may snigger and seek to suppress it, but contemporary miniature painting is alive and well in a vast expanse of South Asia and beyond, and India’s Ramu Ramdev is one of its influential practitioners and proponents. The artist has just concluded his third cycle of five-day workshops for enthusiasts at the Bhavan Centre of art in West Kensington. But it’s almost certain that he will return to wider...
Ustad Bashir Ahmad and the Year of Indian Miniature Painting
By MARCELLA SIRHANDI Reproduced from the print and digital editions of Eastern Art Report The legendary Padshanama in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle is traveling to some of the world’s most famous museums in 1997 and 1998 in connection with the 50 years of Indian Independence. The fanfare created by the exhibition was a perfect opportunity for Queen Elizabeth to pay tribute to a contemporary traditional miniature painter in...
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