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Akbar Padamsee

Indian artist (1928-2020)

  • Fame46.6
  • Momentum3.2
  • Wikipedia1.4K
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Lived 1928–2020, aged 92India
IndiaIndiaArtistsArtist
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    6 languages
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  • Era
    1928–2020
    Aged 92
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-07-10

Akbar Padamsee was an Indian artist and painter, considered one of the pioneers in modern Indian painting along with S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza and M.F. Husain. Over the years he also worked with various mediums from oil painting, plastic emulsion, water colour, sculpture, printmaking, to computer graphics, and photography. In addition, he worked as a film maker, sculptor, photographer, engraver, and lithographer. Today his paintings are among the most valued by modern Indian artists. His painting Reclining Nude was sold for US$1,426,500 at Sotheby's in New York on 25 March 2011.

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