Sayed Haider Raza also known as S.H. Raza was born in 1922 in Madhya Pradesh, India. He studied in the Napur School of Art and the Sir J.J. School of Art. He had several exhibitions in India and afterwards he went to France to study painting at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1959 he married Janine Mongillat, a French artist. He received many awards such as the Prix de la Critique and the Padama Shri. He was also invited to be a lecturer at the art department of Berkeley in the University of California in 1962. He is known for the use of vibrant and strong colors. He uses simple geometric shapes. A lot of his works include a circular shape which represents the energy and creativity. Currently he lives and works in Paris and Gorbio, France.Kalighat Paintings
Kalighat Painting is one of the traditional Indian Art which originated in the 19th century in Bengal. Paintings are mainly focused on various Hindu Gods and Goddesses because it originally started from the Kalighat temple in Kolkata, India. However, artists did not restrict themselves to religious themes and drew daily life paintings. Paintings worked as a voice against the evils of the society. Villagers who travelled from place to place painted the Kalighat Painting often. They were mostly done on the cloth or patas which made the artist to be called patuas, the painter on cloth.
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