Most Famous Indian Artists

India has produced 56 notable artists throughout history, led by Rabindranath Tagore. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Rabindranath Tagore — Indian Painter (1861–1941) , ranked #166
  2. Raja Ravi Varma — Indian Painter (1848–1906) , ranked #9848
  3. S. H. Raza — Indian Painter (1922–2016) , ranked #45809
  4. Jamini Roy — Indian Painter (1887–1972) , ranked #49594
  5. Nandalal Bose — Indian Painter (1882–1966) , ranked #52554
  6. Nek Chand — Indian Sculptor (1924–2015) , ranked #54176
  7. Tyeb Mehta — Indian Painter (1925–2009) , ranked #88803
  8. K. G. Subramanyan — Indian Painter (1924–2016) , ranked #95958
  9. Lala Deen Dayal — Indian Photographer (1844–1905) , ranked #101474
  10. Benode Behari Mukherjee — Indian Painter (1904–1980) , ranked #108353
  11. Ramkinkar Baij — Indian Sculptor (1910–1980) , ranked #112954
  12. Shaheer Sheikh — Indian Photographer (Born 1984) , ranked #168481
  13. K. Shankar Pillai — Indian Cartoonist (1902–1989) , ranked #175160
  14. Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar — Indian Painter (1911–1996) , ranked #192508
  15. Manjit Bawa — Indian Painter (1941–2008) , ranked #219640
  16. Amritlal Vegad — Indian Painter (1928–2018) , ranked #232762
  17. Bhajju Shyam — Indian Painter (Born 1971) , ranked #233684
  18. A. Ramachandran — Indian Painter (Born 1935) , ranked #271544
  19. Francis Newton Souza — Indian Painter (1924–2002) , ranked #298021
  20. Narayan Debnath — Indian Artist (1925–2016) , ranked #320774