Painter, Sculptor · 1925 – 2009 - India

Tyeb Mehta

About Tyeb Mehta

Tyeb Mehta, an Indian painter and sculptor, emerged from the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, revolutionizing modern Indian art with his abstract expressionism and richly hued canvases. He broke norms with his bold, distorted figures and minimalist gestures, capturing the dynamism of post-colonial India through a lens of modernist cubism and expressionistic force. His paintings evoke the profound struggles and celebrations of human existence, encapsulating both turbulence and transcendence in each stroke.


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