The vocabulary of art in search of abstract modernism in India has a profound trail which became volatile post independence. The legendary artists V.S. Gaitonde, Shankar Palshikar, D.G.Kulkarni and K.K. Hebbar were extensively experimenting with forms and colours to bring the purity on the canvas. A new wave of art was taking shape with another group of artists like Raza, Souza and Hussain which enveloped many young artists. A significant work series of these artists brings in the modern history of India at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai. The trail was now a multi fold path around 70s and 80s which included artists like Prafulla Dahanukar, Prabhakar Barwe, Laxman Shreshta, Jehangir Sabawala, Gieve Patel and Tyeb Mehta.

The sincere efforts and practise by these artists influenced many young artists of the next generations. The NGMA-Mumbai has collection of various art works in diverse mediums and styles.

Prafulla Dahanukar Painting No.1, 1984, Oil on Canvas, 75 x75 cms Akbar Padamsee Metascape, 1984, Oil on Canvas, 182.5 x122 cms Ram Kumar Painting 1979, Oil on Canvas, 140 x152 cms Shankar Palshikar Colour and Sound-III, Oil on Canvas, 76 x 127 cms K. K. Hebbar Freedom, 1972, Oil on Canvas, 152 152 cms Prabhakar Kolte Untitled, Water Colours on Paper, 45 x 45 cms V. A. Mali Smoking Tibetian Woman, Pastels, 95 x 75 cms V.S. Gaitonde Untitled 1957, Water Colours on Paper, 35 x 35 cms K.H. Ara Flowers, Water Colours on Paper, 24 x 48.2 cms F.N.Souza Statue with Flower Pot, Water Colours on Paper, 60 x 50 cms S.H. Raza Place of Worship, Gouache on Paper, 28 x 48.6 cms Prabhakar Barwe Echoes in Blue, 1969, Oil on Canvas, 121 x 90 cms D.G.Kulkarni Holi, Water Colours, 20 x 30 cms V. K. Wankhede Yellow Work, Water Colours, 36 x 101.6 cms Jehangir Sabawala Impending Storm 2000, Oil on Canvas, 77 x 153 cms Tyeb Mehta Figure in Greenish Colour, Oil on Canvas, 150 x 125 cms K. G. Subramanian Blue Studio, Oil on Canvas, 184 x 115 cms Laxman Shrestha Abstract IX, Oil on Canvas, 173 x 208 cms M. F. Hussain Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 155 x 105 cms Gieve Patel Lngra Mangoes, Acrylic on Canvas, 152 x 122 cms Chivax Chavda Riksha Boys (Java), 1958, Oil on Board, 74 x 61.5 cms S.H.Raza Bindu, Oil on Canvas F.N.Souza Head, Oil on Canvas, 65 x 50 cms Chivax Chavda Spinner, Oil on Board, 73 x 87 cms Shankar Palshikar Sinners’ Divine, Water Colour Gouache on Paper, 60.9 x 73.6 cms