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Bear in mind that the commerce of India is the commerce of the world and ... he who can exclusively command it is the dictator of Europe. (Peter the Great, Czar of Russia). India, the richest country in the world until the arrival of the British; India, whose wealth Christopher Columbus set sail in search of only to discover USA. India, rich beyond compare, materially, spiritually and, despite unimaginable pillaging and plundering by innumerable invaders, the Ghaznis, the Ghoris et al considered it a drop out of the overflowing ocean of Indian wealth. Ultimately, where others had failed, the imperialists succeeded and, India's enormous riches made a nation of shopkeepers the wealthiest empire in the world. The loot did not stop here as the colonialists set out to complete the cultural and spiritual impoverishment of a country of whom it has been said: If I am asked which nation had been advanced in the ancient world in respect of education and culture then I would say it was India. Max Muller.
While, western art, culture and education were held to be the epitome of the civilised world, Indian art was labelled as naïve and primitive. The freedom struggle saw many Indian artists; nationalists to the core begin the Bengal Renaissance rebellion, a reflection of the pride in their cultural heritage. Post-independence, the Progressive Artists Group sought inspiration in the west, going on to forge their own uniquely individual styles, in the end revelling in their roots and reflecting it in the brush strokes of their paintings. A de-colonisation of the Indian mind began, it no longer needed western validation, IndianArtCollectors has a collection of Indian contemporary art paintings that were believed second to none, a point ratified as it made its way into the art collection of major museums and connoisseurs of Indian art.
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With Indian contemporary art emerging as the fastest growing category of Asian art, international auction houses have started to increase auction opportunities to buy sell art i.e. buy Indian contemporary art or sell Indian art. As more and more art galleries open worldwide displaying Indian contemporary art, many of them buy and sell art online and, more and more museums hold shows dedicated to Indian art leading to an increased awareness about Indian contemporary art. An awareness that has led international collectors to buy Indian paintings at an accelerated pace impressed with the quality of Indian art, its aesthetics and the reasonable prices that one can buy fine art from India. So the by's has added a whole new category to sell Indian art and it is now possible to buy Indian contemporary art at incredibly reasonable prices. No doubt prompted by Christie's and their claim that when they sell Indian art, their buy sell art pre-sale estimates are continually outstripped by the actual sales of Indian contemporary art.
Wealthy NRI's from USA looking for better returns on their investments have initiated a heat wave in the buy sell art of Indian paintings. When they buy Indian contemporary art or buy Indian paintings they find returns on Indian contemporary art higher than the meagre 1.5% of Greenspan's deflationary regime. The escalating demand for Indian contemporary art in global markets has generated a ripple effect amongst comparatively smaller ones. At any buy sell art auction, 15% are American and British buyers wishing to buy artwork of Indian artists and, their numbers are augmented by French, German, Belgian, Italian, Chinese, Singaporean, Japanese, Australian and Canadian buyers who buy fine art from India at friendly prices. Proliferation of Indian contemporary art in global markets shows Dubai and the Middle East to have the world's largest art collection of M.F. Hussain and Ganesh Pyne paintings. Whereas, German collectors seem to be fond of Sunil Das, Manu Parekh, Jogen Chowdhury, Suvaprasanna, Sunil De, Sanat Kar and Ganesh Haloi. The buy sell art auctions in Netherlands show an upsurge in the Islamic and Oriental artwork by Indian artists.
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When you buy Indian art, you make a worthy investment in your future. But, despite the spectacular rise in prices for a Hussain or a Souza, contemporary Indian art has a long way to go. While, Chinese and Indonesian paintings touch an average of $400,000/-, Indian art continues to hover in the region of $50,000 - $70,000/- barring the Hussains, Mehta's and Souza's. Under-valued like the Indian stock markets in the 1980's, the next decade will see collectors who buy Indian art do so at record prices that will make those who buy sell art or simply sell Indian art very rich. While Indian art is still affordable, investors who wish to increase their art collection with paintings whose value can only appreciate in time should buy Indian paintings, especially buy artwork of artists setting the art auctions on fire, artists such as J Swaminathan, Anjolie Ela Menon, B. Prabha, KK Hebbar, Jamini Roy, N S Bendre, George Keyt, Ram Kumar, Tyeb Mehta, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Akbar Padamsee and, of course, the greats i.e. M.F. Hussain, Ganesh Pyne, F.N. Souza . Looking for an excellent opportunity at prices far cheaper than the going rate, Indianartcollectors recommend searching for art buy canvas of artists such as A. Ramachandran, Somnath Hore, Arpita Singh and Laxma Goud .
In case, auction houses appear daunting, one can buy and sell art online with many online art galleries carrying the work of little know Indian artists trying to break into the upper crust of Progressive artists like Hussain, Souza, Gaitonde, Raza, Padamsee and Tyeb Mehta . While the Hussains, Razas et al command hefty prices; it is a good idea to add new phenomenons to your art collection, as they may no longer sell at affordable prices for very long. Search for reasonably priced art buy canvas by unknown, little known artists from the buy and sell art online galleries, a great opportunity to buy art that will appreciate in time much like Souza's.
Paintings by artists bracketed as the second line are fast catching the fancy of investors and art collectors alike. Second liners like Nikhil Biswas, Rabin Mondal, Sunil Das, Redappa Naidu, Himmat Shah, Devyani Krishna, Gopal Ghose, Ganesh Haloi, Chitto Prasad, Laxmi Goud, Prakash Karmakar, Jitish Kallat, Atul Dodiya, Jayashree Chakrabarty, Laloo Prasad Shaw and Rameshwar Broota.
Global excitement about India's economic growth has increased interest in its art and culture, giving it greater prominence. What sells for Rs. 25,000/- today could well command over Rs. 1,00,000/- in a very short span of time. If you are an art aficionado or wish to invest in art, browse the buy and sell art online galleries as today's cubs grow into the tigers of tomorrow! Advice to be heeded, as you will find when you sell Indian art which you bought for a pittance for a major killing in your buy sell art venture, sometime in the future. The elitist buy sell art pursuit of yester years has turned into a vibrant market with everyone vying to buy Indian contemporary art as an investment piece or, they buy artwork because they like the look of it on their walls.
And so, Indian art comes into its own, no longer denigrated, it constitutes the flavour of the season compelling everyone to buy fine art from India, to buy Indian contemporary art in order to be one up on the Joneses! Indians have in general "superior endowments in reading, writing and arithmetic than the common people of any nation in Europe." Warren Hastings, 1813. Now the West can add Indian contemporary art to Indian achievements! The Indian art scene has come full circle to the days of the Ajanta and Ellora mural paintings, once again starting a new trend!
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