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Krishen Khanna (born 5 July 1925) is an Indian painter known for his abstracted figurative artworks depicting street scenes of the country. He is a self-taught artist whose paintings showcase Indian idioms and human values.
Learn about Krishen Khanna, a genre painter and a narrativist who weaves and spins images out of the fragments of time. Explore his life, his paintings, his awards and his top 10 auction records on this site.
View Krishen Khanna’s 989 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, works on paper, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist.
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Feb 29, 2020 · It has been such a long journey for artist Krishen Khanna. After over six decades of making art, he is still at it, portraying on his canvas several worlds — some steeped in a burst of colours, others in just black and beige.
Krishen Khanna was born in Lyallpur, now known as Faisalabad, Pakistan. He attended Imperial Service College in Windsor, England and is largely a self-taught artist. One of the most endeavouring artists of the Progressives Group, Khanna works alternately between narrative and formal concerns.
Krishen Khanna painted using thick impasto strokes and was perhaps one of the earliest artists in modern Indian art to dabble with abstraction. His figurative paintings with their...
Jun 27, 2024 · Artist. Krishen Khanna. Profile. | Summary. | Interview. Born in 1925 in what is now Faislabad in Pakistan, Krishen Khanna grew up in Lahore, only studying art after he graduated from college at evening classes held at the Mayo School of Art there.
