Mixed Media : Journey of a Hyderabadi artist

The discourse on development of contemporary art in India centres around art hubs like Delhi Mumbai Baroda etc and Hyderabad does not figure in it despite vibrant historical trajectory of art and culture since the times of Salar Jung III and post-independent era. Salar Jung III had founded the Hyderabad Art Society and the School of Art and Craft in the early 1940s which became nucleus for development of fine arts in the decades that followed and cradle for generations of Hyderabadi artists like R C Sharma. Through Sharma’s story the book provides some glimpses of the development of fine arts in Hyderabad and personalities like M F Husain and Dr Jagdish Mittal who played a key role in shaping this journey from middle of the twentieth century.