This is a list of notable artists who were born in India and or have a strong association with India.
- Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941)
- Jamini Roy (1887–1972)
- Kalipada Ghoshal (1906–1995)
- Maniam (1924–1968)
- Manishi Dey (1909–1966)
- Mukul Chandra Dey (1895–1989)
- Nandalal Bose (1882–1966)
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
- Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)
- S. G. Thakur Singh (1899–1976)
- Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)
- Silpi (1919–1983)
- Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904–1980)
- Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938)
- Sunil Das (1939–2015)
Contemporary artists[edit]
- Anish Kapoor (Born 1954)
- Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961 - 2019) Indian Master Craftsman
- Aditya Pande (born 1976), painter, sculptor, digital artist
- Aman Singh Gulati (born 2000),World's First Almond Artist
- Anil Kumar Dutta (1933-2006)
- Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), painter
- Amitabh Mitra (born 1955)
- Chitra Ramanathan (born 1955), painter
- Atul Dodiya (born 1959), painter
- B. Prabha (1933–2001), painter
- Badri Narayan (1929-2013), painter
- Baiju Parthan (born 1956), painter
- Balan Nambiar (born 1937), sculptor, painter and research scholar
- Bapu (1933–2014), painter
- Bharti Kher (born 1969), painter, sculptor and installation artist
- Bhavna Mehta (born 1968), paper-cut artist
- Bholekar Srihari (1941-2018), painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Bhupen Khakkar (1934–2003), painter
- Bhuri Bai (1968), Bhil artist
- Bijan Choudhury (1931–2012), painter
- Bikash Bhattacharjee (1940–2006)
- Cop Shiva (born 1979)
- Daku, pseudonymous graffiti artist
- Devajyoti Ray (born 1974)
- Edmund Thomas Clint (1976-1983) child prodigy who painted over 25,000 paintings during his life of 6 years 11 months
- Dhiraj Choudhury (1936-2018)
- Dhruvi Acharya (born 1971), visual artist
- Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987), street photographer
- Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002)
- Gargi Raina (born 1961), painter
- Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967)
- Gieve Patel (born 1940)
- Gogi Saroj Pal (born 1945)
- Gurpreet Singh Dhuri (born 1983)
- Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), photographer, film director
- Jayant Parikh (born 1940)
- Jahar Dasgupta (born 1942), painter
- Jogen Chowdhury (born 1939)
- John Wilkins (1927-1991)
- K.G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)
- Kailash Chandra Meher (born 1954), painter
- Kanu Desai (1907–1980)
- Karuna Sukka (born 1980), printmaker
- Kurchi Dasgupta (born 1974)
- M R D Dattan (1935-2006)
- M.F. Husain (1915–2011)
- Madhan (born 1947)
- Madhuri Bhaduri (born 1958)
- Manav Gupta (born 1967)
- Manjit Bawa (1941–2008)
- Maya Burman (born 1971)
- Mohammed Yusuf Khatri (born 1967), Bagh printer
- Mohan Samant (1924–2004)
- Nandita Kumar (born 1981), new media artist
- Nek Chand (1924-2015)
- Norman Douglas Hutchinson (1932–2010)
- N.K.P. Muthukoya (born 1941)
- Ananta Mandal (born 1983), watercolorist
- Paris Mohan Kumar
- Paresh Maity (born 1965), painter and sculptor
- Piraji Sagara (1931-2014)
- Prafulla Dahanukar (1934-2014), painter
- Pranava Prakash (born 1979)
- Rabin Mondal (1929-2019)
- Ram Chandra Shukla (1925-2016)
- Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980), painter and sculptor
- Ratnadeep Adivrekar (born 1974)
- Ravi Mandlik (born 1960), painter
- Reena Saini Kallat (born 1973)
- S. Jithesh (born 1974)
- S. Rajam (1919-2010)
- S.H. Raza (1922-2016)
- Samir Mondal (born 1952), water colourist
- Satish Gujral (1925-2020)
- Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954)
- Shashikant Dhotre (born 1982), drawing, painter, installations
- Shilpa Gupta (born 1976)
- Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972)
- Surekha, artist, video and photo installations
- Somalal Shah (1905-1994)
- Srimati Lal (1959-2019), artist and poet
- Y.G. Srimati (1926-2007), painter
- Suvigya Sharma (born 1983)
- Thukral & Tagra (born 1976, born 1979)
- Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924–2001), painter
- Vivan Sundaram (born 1943), installation artist
- Yantr
- Sudarsan Pattnaik (born 1977) Sand Artist
- Saba Hasan (born 1962) contemporary artist
- K.R.Sunil (Born 1975)
- Tom Vattakuzhy (Born 1967)
- Sajitha R. Shankar (Born 1967)
- Rajan Krishnan (1968-2016)