List of Indian artists

This is a list of notable artists who were born in India and or have a strong association with India.


 * 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)
 * Sobha Singh Naqqashi (1901-1986)
 * 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)