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National Gallery of Modern Art

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Constructed, 1936

The Maharaja of Jaipur’s Delhi residence was Jaipur House, located at the end of the Rajpath. The house was given to the state of Jaipur in exchange for land gained for the construction of Lutyens' Delhi. Built as the royal house of Bikaner by Charles Blomfield, this was the site for many meetings of the Chamber of Princes pre-Independence.

Converted, 1954

It now houses the National Gallery for Modern Art and aims to acquire and preserve works of art from 1857 onwards. The art collection of the NGMA is vast and established by the Ministry of Culture.. The 17,000 works within it testify to a rich and resplendent past even as they pay tribute to the present. Its treasures span miniature paintings to modernist interventions and contemporary expressions.

Renovation, 2009

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1953- In 1953 the Society organized the Second International Exhibition of Contemporary Art in its new building, which the national daily 'The Statesman' described as ‘no less than Venice Biennale.

1957- Hermann Goetz, 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.

1955- NGMA purchased M F Husain’s landmark 1955 work Zameen where the artist’s use of icons and symbols were articulated in a monumental sweep.

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Maharaja Man Singh II, Jaipur House is the former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur in the city of New Delhi, India.

Edwin Lutyens, The Jaipur House was styled after a concept of the Central Hexagon was visualized by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, The first proposal for a National Art Gallery was made by a Delhi-based artists’ organization, the AIFACS, in 1938.

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Hyderabad House

Bikaner House

Lutyens' Delhi

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India Gate, New Delhi, Delhi, India

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National Crafts Museum

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The gallery is roughly divided into two sections – Traditional Art and Modern Art – and houses some of India’s top artists from the last 150 years.

The premier gallery contains well over 10,000 works by artists who changed the artistic landscape of India.

The exhibits on two floors, are primarily by Indian artists, or foreigners who have worked in India, such as Thomas and William Daniell.

To the back of the palace is a large garden, which can be entered through the main ballroom on the ground floor.

The collection plays a pivotal role as it maps, charters and records the trajectories, movements, diversities and individual pursuits that have contributed to the making of modern Indian art.

The structure has a butterfly layout and a central dome.

Built for the Maharajas of Jaipur, Jaipur House has been converted to accommodate the National Gallery of Modern Art.

The dome is saucer-shaped, decorated with Mughal patterns, chattris and jharokhas.

The National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi holds a collection of approximately 14000 artworks with paintings

Among the 161 paintings handed over to the National Gallery of Modern Art, Sher-Gil and Tagore's paintings comprise more than half of the Museum's collection.

The collection also includes sculptures, graphics and paintings by international modern artists

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