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1930 - 1949

Rise of Modern Art Movements

1947

12 India

Progressive Artists’ Group established

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.