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For an art enthusiast Modern Art Gallery in Delhi is like a treasure trove waiting to be found and explored. The need for a museum of Modern Art was felt for the first time in an Art Conference held in Calcutta in the year 1949. As a result the National Gallery of Modern Art was inaugurated on March 29, 1954. National Gallery of Modern Art has two other branches, one in Mumbai and the other in Bangalore. Their sole purpose is to spread the love for art.
Modern Art Gallery is a vault of the cultural twinge showcasing the changing art forms through the passage of time. |
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Location
Modern Art Gallery is located in the princely Jaipur House, opposite India Gate, Near UPSC, New Delhi.
Gallery Collections
The collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art essentially comprises paintings, sculptures, graphics and photographs mainly by Indian and, to some extent, international modern artists. The Modern Art Gallery houses a large collection of approximately 4000 pieces of art including paintings, graphics, and sculptures made by different renowned as well as amateur artists. The timeline is no issue as it ranges from 1850s to the present time. Modern Art Gallery strictly adheres to certain parameters while acquiring new collections from up coming artists to ensure an all-round quality it associates itself with.
Paintings and Sculptures
An art lover can see paintings done by masters such as Rabindranth Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Binod Bihari Mukherjee, Ram Kumar Kinkar, Jamini Roy, Yamini Mukherjee and Amrita Shergill. The exhibits are changed every two months except a few permanent exhibits such as Amrita Shergill's Self Portrait, Two women, Musicians and Bathers; and Jamini Roy's Krishna and Balarama, Kirian, Yasoda & Krishna.
Among the contemporary artists it has works of Maqbul Fida Hussein, Francis Newton Souza, Vivan Sundaram, J Swaminathan, Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh, Bhupen Khakhar and Sayyid Hyder Raza. Among international artists it boasts of Jacob Epstein, Giorgio de Chirico, Peter Lubarda, Henry Moore, Sonia Delaunay, A. Tapies, Robert Rauschenberg, Se Duk Lee, D.C. Daja, George Keyt and Fred Thieler and Kozo Mio. The galleries adjoining the lawns have been honored with the sculptures finally opening up into the yet to be opened sculpture garden.
Library
National Gallery of Modern Art also has a fully stocked library with books cataloged on every art related topic, rare photographs and audio-visual materials. They also give practical art guidance through their Art Sketch Club and show films to promote international appreciation for art. |
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