This document contains summaries of several famous artists: - Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned Renaissance artist and scientist who influenced painting for over a century with works like the Mona Lisa. - Rembrandt was the greatest Dutch artist, known for religious scenes and portraits as well as drawings and etchings. His most famous painting is The Night Watch. - Raja Ravi Varma fused European techniques with Indian sensibilities and increased art's reach through affordable lithographs of his paintings depicting Hindu themes. - MF Husain was a leading Indian modernist associated with the Progressive Artists Group, known for narrative paintings on diverse themes sometimes in a modified Cubist style. - Abanindranath

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2.  Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Florentine artist, one of the great masters of
the High Renaissance, celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer,
and scientist.
 His profound love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his
artistic and scientific endeavours.
 His innovations in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art
for more than a century after his death, and his scientific studies—
particularly in the fields of anatomy, optics, and hydraulics—anticipated
many of the developments of modern science.
 His famous painting was Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa (1503-1506, Louvre, Paris) was
Leonardo da Vinci’s favourite painting. Many theories have been advanced
regarding the meaning of the enigmatic smile on the woman’s face and the
identity of the sitter.
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3.  Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher
who is considered the greatest Dutch artist, not only as a painter of religious scenes and
portraits but also as a draughtsman and innovative etcher of formidable ability.
 Rembrandt was born in Leiden on July 15, 1606, the son of a prosperous miller, and was
educated at the Latin school there. He subsequently enrolled at Leiden University but
stayed only six months and in 1620 began a three-year apprenticeship as a painter with
Jacob van Swanenburgh.
 Far more important for his future development, however, were the six months spent with
Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam in 1625 or 1626. Lastman had spent the years 1604 to 1607 in
Italy and had assimilated important new ideas derived from contemporary painters there
such as Elsheimer and Caravaggio.
 The Night Watch (1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Rembrandt's most famous picture,
shows the militia company emerging from its headquarters and heading for a ceremonial
parade. The group portrait, whose proper title is The Company of Captain Frans Banning
Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, was commissioned by the Amsterdam
Guards.

4.  Raja Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was a celebrated
Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the
history of Indian art for a number of aesthetic and broader social reasons. Firstly,
his works are held to be among the best examples of the fusion of European
techniques with a purely Indian sensibility.
 While continuing the tradition and aesthetics of Indian art, his paintings employed
the latest European academic art techniques of the day. Secondly, he was notable
for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which
greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. Indeed, his
lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined
artistic tastes among common people for several decades. In particular, his
depictions of Hindu deities and episodes from the epics and Puranas have received
profound acceptance from the public and are found, often as objects of worship,
across the length and breadth of India.
 Raja Ravi Varma was closely related to the royal family of Travancore in the deep
south of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu). Later in his life, two of his granddaughters
were adopted into that royal family, and their descendants comprise the totality of
the present royal family of Travancore, including the latest three Maharajas
(Balarama Varma III, Marthanda Varma III and Ram Varma VII).

5.  MaqboolFida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) commonly known as MF
Husain, was a modern Indian painter of international acclaim, and a founding member
of The Progressive Artists Group of Bombay (PAG).
 Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with
the Progressive Artist's Group, or "PAG of Bombay" used modern technique, and was
inspired by the "new" India after The Partition of 1947.
 His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny
as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—include topics
as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata,
the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life.
 Early in his painting career, and until his death, he enjoyed depicting the lively and
free spirit of horses in many of his works. Often referred to as the "Picasso of India,"
M.F. Husain is the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artist of the
20th century. Husain is primarily known for his paintings, but is also known for his
drawings and his work as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker. Some of his later
works stirred controversy, as they depicted traditional Deities of India in non
traditional ways.
 He also directed a few movies. In 1967, he received the National Film Award for Best
Experimental Film for Through The Eyes of a Painter. In 2004, he directed Meenaxi: A
Tale of Three Cities, which was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2004
Cannes Film Festival.

7. 5. Abanindranath Tagore
 Abanindranath Tagore (7 August 1871 – 5 December 1951) was the principal
artist and creator of "Indian Society of Oriental Art".
 He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art,
thereby founding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the
development of modern Indian painting.
 He was also a noted writer, particularly for children. Popularly known as
'Aban Thakur', his books Rajkahini, Budo Angla, Nalak, and Khirer Putul are
landmarks in Bengali language children's literature.
 Tagore sought to modernise Mughal and Rajput styles to counter the
influence of Western models of art, as taught in Art Schools under the British
Raj and developed the Indian style of painting, later known as Bengal school
of art. Such was the success of Tagore's work that it was eventually accepted
and promoted as a national Indian style within British art institutions under
the epithet of Indian Society of Oriental Art.
 His painting Bharat Mata:-

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