“A true artist is not one who is inspired,

But one who inspires others.” -Salvador Dali

A TRIBUTE TO LEGENDS IN THE FIELD OF PAINTING, MUSIC AND DANCE.

Amjad Sabri23.12.1976 - 22.06.2016

Rock star of qawaali due to his modern style.

One of the best Sufi musician and qawwal from Pakistan.

Belonged to the Sabri family- famous in the subcontinent for their contribution to Sufi art

and mystic poetry.

Best known for ‘More Haji Piya’.

1935-2016Pandit Shankar Ghosh

He followed the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustan classical music.

Performed with vocalists such as Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Girija Devi and many

others.

He had also done jugalbandi with classical musician sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar.

He was awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2000.

11.05.1918-21.01.2016Mrinalini Sarabhai

She was the founder director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.

Trained over 18,000 students in Bharatnatyam and Kathakali.

She had also written many novels, poetry, plays and stories for children.

She was honored with the national civilian awards

Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1965.

22.02.1922-23.07.2016Syed Haider Raza

Raza is considered as one of Indian modern art’s greatest painters.

His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic.

He lived and worked in France from 1950, but maintained strong ties with India.

Founder-member of the Progressive Artists’ Group.

15.02.1924-29.06.2016K.G. Subramanyan

Subramanyan was also a freedom fighter and was imprisoned briefly during the Quit India

Movement.

His paintings experimented with the idea of the

Indian myths.

Subramanyan was also an art historian and his body of work forms a significant document of

Indian art history.

In 1955, he received a British Council Fellowship to Slade School of Art at the University of

London.