Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and Nandalal Bose are famous Indian:

Explanation

Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and Nandalal Bose were three of the most important Indian painters of the 20th century. All three are among the "Nine Masters", the artists whose works have been declared national art treasures by the Government of India.

Jamini Roy (1887-1972) was born in the Bankura district of West Bengal. He was trained in the Western academic style, but later turned to the folk art of Bengal, especially the Kalighat paintings and the art of village artisans. He created a simple, bold style with strong outlines and flat, bright colours, using natural pigments. His subjects included village life, mothers and children, Santhal women and scenes from the epics. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1955.

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an Indian Sikh father and a Hungarian mother, and studied art in Paris. After returning to India, she painted the lives of ordinary Indians, especially women, combining Western techniques with Indian themes. Her famous works include "Three Girls", "Bride's Toilet" and "Village Scene". She died at the age of just 28.

Nandalal Bose (1882-1966) was a student of Abanindranath Tagore and a leading artist of the Bengal School. He became the head of Kala Bhavana, the art school at Santiniketan. He painted the Haripura posters for the Congress session of 1938 at the request of Mahatma Gandhi, and he and his students illustrated the original manuscript of the Constitution of India. He also designed the emblems of the Bharat Ratna and Padma awards.

Other Nine Masters include Raja Ravi Varma, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore.

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