Art and Culture in India | Current Affairs & General Knowledge - CLAT

There are two types of art that are necessary for the scope of CLAT preparation:
(i) Fine arts: Fine arts encompass drawing, painting, sculpting as well as crafts.
(ii) Performing arts: Performing arts would primarily include dance, music, and theatre.

Art

List of famous painters and their paintings:

• Abanindranath Tagore - Bharat Mata
• Amrita Shergill - Siesta
• Atul Dodiya - The Kitchen
• Bikash Bhattacharjee - King with Flute
• Gaganendranath Tagore - Adbhut Lok: realm of the absurd.
• Jamini Roy - Queen on Tiger
• Kalipada Ghosal - Persian Night
• F.Hussain - Maiden’s Flight
• Manishi Dey - Bengal Women
• Nandalal Bose - Dandi March
• Raja Ravi Varma - Galaxy of Musicians
• Satish Gujral - Raising of Lazarus
• Shoba Singh - Sohni Mahiwal
• Silpi - Thennattu Selvangal(Treasures of South India)
• Sunil Das - Woman

Dance

List of dancers and their specialized dance forms:

• Deepti Omcherry Bhalla - Mohiniyattam
• Kalamandandalam Kalyanikutty Amma - Mohiniyattam
• Kumidini Lakhia - Kathak
• Leela Samson - Bharatnatyam
• Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatnatyam
• Mallika Sarabhai - Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam
• Medha Yodh - Bharatnatyam
• Mrinalini Sarabhai - Bharatnatyam, Kathakali
• Pandit Birju Maharaj - Kathak
• Rajashree Warrier - Bharatnatyam
• Rukmini Devi Arundale - Bharatnatyam
• Shovana Naryan - Kathak
• Sonal Mansingh - Bharatnatyam,Kuchipudi, Chhau
• Uday Shankar - Ballet
• Yamini Krishnamurthy - Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam

• Ayan Ali Bangash - Sarod
• L.Subramaniam - Violin
• Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
• G.Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
• Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone
• Muralikrishnan - Veena
• Pandit R K Bijapure Maha Meru - Harmonium
• Pandit Ravi Shankar - Sitar
• Ram Narayan - Sarnagi
• Ustad Allarakha - Tabla
• Ustad Amjad Ali Khan - Sarod
• Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Sarod
• Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib - Shehnai
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Mohan Veena
• Zakir Hussain - Tabla

• Allaudin Khan - Hindustani classical music
• Bhimsen Joshi - Hindustani classical music
• M.Balamurakrishna - Carnatic music
• T.V.Golapakrishnan - Carnatic music
• Gangubai Hangal - Hindustani classical music
• Kishori Amonkar - Hindustani classical music
• S.Subbulakshmi - Carnatic music
• Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan - Carnatic music
• Nityashree Mahadevan - Carnatic music
• Pandit Kumar Gandharva - Hindustani classical music
• Pandit Jasraj - Hindustani classical music
• K.Srikantan - Carnatic music
• Sudha Raghunathan - Carnatic music
• V.Sankaranarayanan - Carnatic music
• Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan - Hindustani classical music

Here are some of the names that dominate the Indian stage.

• Alyque Padamsee
• Aparna Mehta
• Badal Sarkar
• Cyrus Dastur
• Girish Kannad
• V.Akshara
• Mallika Shah
• Safdar Hashmi
• Satyadev Dubey
• Shambhu Mitra
• Shankar Nag
• Sharad Joshi
• Utpal Dutta
• Vijay Tendulkar
• Zohra Sehgal