Modern European art’s impact on Indian artistic works starts in the 1930s and 40s. India then was on the brink of independence from the British rule. As the years progressed toward 1947, it became clear that India would become two nations and not one. During this time, most of the artists working in the Indian subcontinent mixed several artistic traditions. Also, the mixed artistic traditions brought together what might be considered antithetical practices. Amrita Shel is one artist that combined the post-impressionist style learned in France with approaches used in Indian miniatures. Jamini Ro is another diverse artist who made images based on traditional Indian pat paintings and European modern art. Finally,  Modern European art’s impact on Indian artistic works are diversity among artists.

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MODERN EUROPEAN ART IMPACT AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD

Modern European art’s impact on Indian creative works started with trade in the 15th century. Dutch, French, English, and Portuguese merchants first arrived in the late 15th century. Their arrival was attracted by the wealth that was waiting in exporting luxury items to the European market. The Islamic world was enriched as the Europeans were introduced to many new kinds of textiles, carpets, spices, and clothing. Mixed artistic traditions came about as a result of the European art circulating among court artists and transforming paintings. Indian artists learned techniques of modeling by copying the engravings in sixteenth-century illustrated Bibles presented by Jesuit missionaries.  Lastly,  by the end of the period, European colonial interests had upset equitable cultural exchange in the Indian artistic works.

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INDIA ARTISTIC WORKS AT THE TATE BRITAIN ARTIST AND EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Modern European art’s impact on Indian artistic works traces to Tate Britain artist and empire exhibition. The exhibition is a long show that aims to square aesthetics with a reckoning with Britain’s imperial past. The national British gallery only features a small number of works by British artists who ventured further afield. Albert and Victoria’s museums contain Indian artistic works and artifacts. Indian race was not capable of producing cultural artifacts worthy of being called fine art but excelled in design. The Indian race fact is however not addressed in the exhibition. Paintings depicting scenes from British India and not painted in the naturalist style were also in Victoria and Albert museums. Britain’s exhibitions did not embrace mixed artistic traditions.

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