National Gallery of

Modern Art

The National Gallery of Modern Art

(NGMA) is the premier art gallery under
Ministry of Culture, Government of India.[1]
The main museum at Jaipur House in New
Delhi was established on 29 March 1954
by the Government of India, with
subsequent branches at Mumbai and
Bangalore. Its collection of more than
14,100 works includes works by artists
such as Thomas Daniell, Raja Ravi Verma,
Abanindranath Tagore, Rabindranath
Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal
Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil as well
as foreign artists, apart from sculptures by
various artists. Some of the oldest works
preserved here date back to 1857.[1] With
12,000 square meters of exhibition
space,[2] the Delhi branch is one of the
world's largest modern art museums.
 National Gallery of Modern Art

The Jaipur House

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Established March 29, 1954

Location Jaipur House, Rajpath,

New Delhi

Coordinates 28.610083°N
77.234399°E

Type modern art museum

Owner Government of India

Website ngmaindia.gov.in

History

National Gallery of Modern Art, entrance signage

Situated at the end of Rajpath, in the

Central Hexagon around the India Gate,
the building was a former residential
palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur, hence
known as Jaipur House. The butterfly-
shaped building with a central dome and
built in 1936, and designed by Sir Arthur
Blomfield, after the construction of
Lutyens' Delhi. The Central Hexagon
around the India Gate, where the buildings
of leading princely states were situated,
was itself designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[1]

Though the idea of the National Gallery

was floated in 1949, it was formally
inaugurated by Vice-president Dr
S.Radhakrishnan in 1954, in the presence
of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Hermann Goetz (1898–1976),[3] a noted
German art historian became its first
curator and in time it added new facilities
such as Art restoration services, an Art
reference Library and a Documentation
Centre.[4]

Then in 2009, a new wing of the National

Gallery of Modern Art was inaugurated
adding almost six times the space to the
existing gallery, plus it has a new
auditorium, a preview theatre,
conservation laboratory, library and
academic section as well as a cafeteria
and museum shop.[1][5]

Collections
Paintings
The gallery has works by artists including
Thomas Daniell, Raja Ravi Verma,
Abanindranath Tagore, Rabindranath
Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal
Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and
various other artists.[6]

Sculpture

The NGMA has a collection of modern

sculptures by famous sculptors like D. P.
Roy Choudhury, Chintamoni Kar and
Ramkinkar Baij.[7]

Phtography
The NGMA has a large collection of
photographs by Lala Deen Dayal, one of
the pioneers of photography in India.[8]

Gallery
Portrait of a Lady by Raja Ravi Varma

Woman Holding a Fruit by Raja Ravi Varma

The Taj Mahal by William Hodges

Aurangzeb's Mosque by Thomas Daniell

My Mother by Abanindranath Tagore

At Rest by Pestonji Bomanjee

 Young Girls by Amrita Sher-Gil

Steel tree - with utensils

See also
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
 National Gallery of Modern Art,
Bangalore
The Last Harvest : Paintings of
Rabindranath Tagore
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art

Notes
1. "History" . National Gallery of Modern
Art, New Delhi. Archived from the
original on 6 November 2018.
Retrieved 24 February 2019.
2. "Inauguration of the New Wing of
National Gallery of Modern Art, New
Delhi" . India: Ministry of Tourism.
Retrieved 8 October 2018.
3. "About the Author" . Bhartiya Vidhya
Bhawan's University.
4. National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi
Saatchi Gallery.
5. Nayar, Mandira (7 November 2004).
"Modern art gets a new extension" .
The Hindu. Retrieved 24 February
2019.
6. "Virtual Galleries" . National Gallery of
Modern Art, New Delhi. Archived from
the original on 6 November 2018.
Retrieved 24 February 2019.
7. "Virtual Galleries - Modern
Sculptures" . National Gallery of
Modern Art, New Delhi. Archived from
 the original on 12 February 2019.
Retrieved 24 February 2019.
8. "Virtual Galleries - Photography" .
National Gallery of Modern Art, New
Delhi. Archived from the original on 6
August 2018. Retrieved 24 February
2019.

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