#Indian art

[thunderstruck9]

Narayan Shridhar Bendre (Indian, 1910-1992), Untitled, 1968. Oil on canvas, 51 3/4 x 33 3/4 in.

[smithsonianlibraries]

An ornate sword and scabbard with horse handle from Thomas Hendley's Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883 (1883). Full text here.

[weepingwidar]

Rithika Pandey (Indian, 1998) - The Story Where I Loved You from a Unique Standpoint (2020)

[oncanvas]

January, Biren De, 1992

Oil on canvas 44 x 38 in. (111.8 x 96.5 cm)

[arthistoryanimalia]

#InternationalVultureAwarenessDay:

Ustād Manṣūr (India, active 1590-1624)

Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture, c. 1615–20

Mughal, Jahāngīr Studio

folio from the Shah Jahan Album

ink, opaque watercolor, & gold on paper

39.1 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 55.121.10.12 verso: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451260

[1five1two]

Kalighat painting of Vishnu as Matsya. Calcutta. c. 1860.

[random-brushstrokes]

Bikash Bhattacharjee (Indian, 1940-2006) - Measure the Land

[jareckiworld]

Bharti Kher — Smackdown Vs Raw (bindis on aluminium panel, 2006)

[bronzeageecho]

woman under a mango tree (with monkey) | c. 850 CE | madhya pradesh or rajasthan, india

in the walters art museum collection

[memories-of-ancients]

Dancing Ganesh, India, 9th-10th century AD

from The Walters Art Museum

[frostedmagnolias]

Mohini on a Swing (1894)

by Raja Ravi Varma (Indian, 1848-1906)

[thunderstruck9]

Bhupen Khakhar (Indian, 1934-2003), Dentist, 1999. Oil on canvas, 42 x 42 ⅛ in.

[heaveninawildflower]

Dianthus (India, circa 1630).

Opaque colour on paper.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[weepingwidar]

Soumya Netrabile (Indian, 1966) - A Hole in the Forest (2024)

[theinternetarchive]

embroidered textile, silk gold and silver thread on satin, india, 1800s.