Few Facts About Indian Contemporary Paintings

Picasso once said, “Paintings is another way of keeping Diary.”

Art history is very long and has many folds to uncover. Several of the art movements in earlier century had occurred and totally revamped the entire style of art. You can think of many art forms that gained attention after being ignored for a very long time. Our art styles are available in various forms that include sculptures, murals, miniature, figurative and contemporary art.

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Art is the field of innovation and revolution, where there is no place for established perceptions. Artists  keep innovating new styles of art forms with their confident brush stroke that expresses strong passion and energy. Contemporary art pieces usually depict splendor of regular life that is beautifully expressed on canvas. On an Indian contemporary art piece, you can see birds pecking, women carrying pot of water, beautiful landscape of people performing mundane tasks and so on.

With the changing times and advent of revolutionization in art field, Indian contemporary art took a great dive and took a new direction. The Indian contemporary paintings or also known as modern Indian art are extremely influenced by the western concept of inspirational composition and mystery hidden in layers of vibrant colors.

Although, modern art style is inspired by the west, but its themes are co-related with Indian mythology, Hindu gods, women, emotions, etc. A perfect blend of modernity, tradition and cultural heritage makes it an instant like for the art lovers. With new artists emerging, the popularity and variety of contemporary Indian paintings is increasing exponentially today. History of Indian contemporary paintings and their evolution is quite interesting and absorbing in itself.

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How captivating Landscape contemporary art paintings came into origin?

The term "Landscape" coined from the Dutch word "landschap," which actually meant land, scenery, sight, swath of land, etc. The origin of landscape art dates back to the era of Greeks and Romans, when the artists used to sketch beautiful sceneries on their walls. Right after the fall of the Roman Empire, the convention of picturesque landscapes also declined and remained up to 16th century.

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The real meaning of the terminology "Landscape" came forth during early 1500s and since then typically exemplified as "the form of art that elucidate panoramic view clearly." As per the research and survey conducted by archeologists, it has been revealed that The Netherlands was among the first places where landscape Indian art gained immense popularity among the populace. Conversely, if we go through past records then we will find that in the west, this concept grew relatively very slowly. The whole concept of nature or our mother earth was traditionally observed as incorporation of remote or inaccessible objects long before it was admired as scene or milieu. On the other hand, in the east, original contemporary landscape art reached an unexpected level of brilliance, say as early as in the 18th century.

In today time, original contemporary Indian landscape art can be considered as a very popular subject in the field of art. The prime focus of this form of artwork is on forests, trees, rivers, valley, etc. Most of the landscape art paintings are sketched with the usage of oil paintings, watercolors and pastels etc. which give more appeal and pragmatism to the art.

In the end, would like to conclude by saying that this form of original contemporary Indian art has undergone various changes and awe-inspired the general audience remarkably since its origin.

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Is Modern art same as contemporary art?

The terminology "modern art" isn’t that simple and easy as it appears. Relatively, we can say that it is a bit intricate; the single most imperative thing anyone should to know about Modern Indian art is that it's quite different from Contemporary Art. Generally, the terms modern and contemporary appears to be the same as per the dictionary meaning. You can swap words "modern" and "contemporary" in the English language. But, you will be amazed to know that as per the world of art these two terms have different definitions.

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As per good rule of thumb:

Modern Art: Modern artwork was prevalent during the era of Impressionists and continued till the 1960s or 70s.

Contemporary Art: This form of artwork came into existence during 1960s or 70s and has continued till this very moment.

As per the research and studies conducted by the archeologist, it has been believed that Modern Art emerged at the end of the 19th century, say around 1863. While this is an acceptable taxonomy, strong arguments have been put forth in the same concern. Through these debates it has been found that it has been assumed that Modern Art began at a variety of different dates.

Well, depending on these surveys, Modern Art is said to have initiated either during:

• Romanticism (the Romantic Movement), in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850.
• Realism, in the 1850s,
• Daguerreotypy, in 1839, can be called as creation of a direct positive image,
• In 1846, the renowned writer, Charles Baudelaire, called upon artists to "be of their time",
• The first ever exhibition by Impressionist in 1874 has also been considered as turning point in the field of artwork or
• Last but not the least, emergence of Neo-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Symbolism.

In the end, we would conclude by saying that these two forms of art have remarkably influenced the populace of the different eras and will still continue to do that in the centuries ahead. Nowadays, many eminent artists are selling their artwork through various online platforms that you can buy from any Indian art gallery online.

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