Knowing
Progressive Artists’ Group established
Significance
2
Category 1
Group Founded
Category 2
Year
1947/12
Region(venue)
India
Region(content)
City
Content
F. N. Souza, M. F. Husain, H. A. Gade, S. K. Bakre, K. H. Ara, and S. H. Raza form the Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG) in Bombay (present-day Mumbai). Later, V. Gaitonde, Krishen Khanna, Tyeb Mehta, and Akbar Padamsee joined.
They held the first group exhibition in 1949 at Bombay Art Society’s Salon.
Participating artist(s)
Link
FM No.
2077