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Tyeb Mehta

Indian artist (1925-2009) · India · Artists · Died at 83

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Tyeb Mehta was an Indian painter, sculptor and film maker. He was part of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group and the first post-colonial generation of artists in India, like John Wilkins who also broke free from the nationalist Bengal school and embraced Modernism instead, with its Post-Impressionist colours,...

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Padma Bhushan2007

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Tyeb Mehta was an Indian painter, sculptor and film maker. He was part of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group and the first post-colonial generation of artists in India, like John Wilkins who also broke free from the nationalist Bengal school and embraced Modernism instead, with its Post-Impressionist colours, cubist forms and brusque, expressionistic styles.

Country
India
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2009 · aged 83

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