changing scene in Madras and Cholamandal
Madras School: D.P. Roy Choudhury, The K.C.S. Paniker, S. Dhanapal, J. Sultan Ali
Bombay Progressive Group: F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, M.F. Hussain, K.H. Ara, K.K. Hebbar, H.G. Gade, Sadanand Bakre
K.G. Subramayan, Shankho Chaudhary, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Bhupen Khakhar, Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar, Vivan Sundaram, Mahendra Pandya, P.V. Janakiram
Piloo Pochkhanawala, Somnath Hore, Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh, Raghav Kaneria, Balbir Singh Katt, A. Ramachandran, Anjolie Ela Menon, Manjit Bawa
Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, Devkinandan Sharma, Kripal Singh Shekhawat, Goverdhan Lal Joshi, B.C. Gui, P.N. Choyal, Dwarka Prasad Sharma