Jagdish Swaminathan was born in Simla in 1928. His education in art consisted of short spells at the Delhi Polytechnic and later in Poland....as a journalist and art critic for the Left magazines. Swaminathan founded the "Group 1890" in August 1962. This group put up their only show in 1963.

Kalidas Exhibition Ujjain 1976 1977 All India Exhibition MKKP Raipur 1976 1978 National Scholarship under J. Swaminathan Delhi 1977 M.P.

S. Harsha Vardhana gave up a successful career as a Bio-Scientist in 1993 to pursue his love for painting a passion that remained a mere hobby for many years. Son of the late modern master J. Swaminathan Harsha Vardhana’s inclination towards an artistic practice seemed almost natural.

paintings to be a vague new-fangled experiment in abstract the late modernist J. Swaminathan had nothing but praise for them. "Her abstractions resound

Born in the tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh at Manpur Umaria. After completing his B.A. at Umaria he joined Kalabhavan Shantiniketan and completed his B.F.A. In 1985 his first exhibition took place at Bhopal which was inaugurated by the late J. Swaminathan. In 1989 he completed his M.F.A

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are about to reveal themselves but never quite do so.' (Krishen Khanna J. Swaminathan Contemporary Indian Art Series Lalit Kala Akademi 1995... Swaminathan in his work manages to depict a stylized representation of the natural world simulated by what seems an other-wordly participation. 'He

which fashioned them and end up by dispensing with it altogether." (Krishen Khanna monograph on J. Swaminathan Lalit Kala series of Contemporary Indian Art) Swaminathan`s technique involves an application of color on the canvas using a rag. Like his philosophy his art reclined to the numinous

with the passage of a sign on its way to becoming a symbol. " (p. 4 & 5 Krishen Khanna J. Swaminathan Contemporary Indian Art Series Lalit Kala Akademi ... In the last years of his life Swaminathan's aesthetic moved away from the minimalistic forms of birds rocks and mountains depicted

Swaminathan`s art subtly evades definition. Inspired by the overt simplicity of tribal art and the simulated child-like innocence of Paul Klee`s ...it as it were in a universe of mystery and wonder creating images which are about to reveal themselves but never quite do so." (p. 2 Krishen Khanna J.

Swaminathan is not concerned with the `phenomenal world` of physical reality. His stark imagery while seemingly maintaining a link ...or imaginative realms as the fundamental structures of existence. Swaminathan draws inspiration from the vivid contrasting colors and simplicity

is itself symbolic of the act of painting itself” (Krishen Khanna J. Swaminathan Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi 1995 unpaginated...As a result of his decade long tenure as Founder and Director of the Roopanker Museum at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal Jagdish Swaminathan gained a deep

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Germination, for Rs4.2 crore; Rashid Rana’s Red Carpet–2, for Rs2 crore; J. Swaminathan’s Untitled, for Rs1.84 crore; and F.N. Souza’s Untitled,

— 2 got Rs 2 crore, J Swaminathan’s untitled work went for Rs 1.84 crore and an untitled by Souza fetched Rs 1.63 crore Read more

may have never crossed your mind." He is among the founder members of the group 1890 of which J Swaminathan was a core member. Together with J ... and artists like KG Subramanyan and Jagdish Swaminathan. "I worked extensively with the Blow Torch in the 1960s, but then had to give it up because of health

; Rashid Rana's Red Carpet - 2, selling for Rs. 2 crores ($500,250); J. Swaminathan's Untitled, selling for Rs. 1.84 crores ($ 460,000); and F.N. Souza's ...Raza, Subodh Gupta, Jagdish Swaminathan and Rashid Rana. World auction records were set for 8 artists, including Subodh Gupta, Hema Upadhyay, Badri

at auction; S.H. Raza’s Germination, selling for Rs. 4.2 crore; Rashid Rana’s Red Carpet –2, selling for Rs.2 crore; J. Swaminathan’s Untitled, selling ...and installation artists, including S.H. Raza, Subodh Gupta, Jagdish Swaminathan and Rashid Rana were sold and world auction records were set for eight artists,

later on the scene than the revered masters of Indian art like the late F. N. Souza and J. Swaminathan or the still active M. F. Hussain, S. H.

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