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This collection groups together the '''artists of India''' most valued by auction houses, critics and private collectors. On average, their paintings sell for over $500,000.

This list is not exhaustive.

== List of paintings ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Painting
!Artist
!Price
!Year
!References
|-
|Untitled
|[[Vasudeo S. Gaitonde]]
|$4.4 million
|2015
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35109360|title=Gaitonde painting breaks world record for Indian art|date=2015-12-16|work=BBC|access-date=2019-09-06|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|Saurashtra
|[[S H Raza]]
|$3.49 million
|2010
|<ref name="raza" />
|-
|Self-Portrait
|[[Amrita Sher-Gil]]
|$2.92 million
|2015
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rare-amrita-shergil-portrait-sells-for-record-292-million/article7015473.ece|title=Rare Amrita Sher-Gil portrait sells for record $2.92 million|date=2015-03-20|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-09-06|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|La Terre
|[[S H Raza]]
|$2.54 million
|2008
|<ref name="raza" />
|}

== Artists ==
* [[S H Raza]] (born 22 February 1922 - 23 July 2016) was a famous Indian artist who lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintained strong ties with India. His works were mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color. Raza became India's most expensive modern artist on 10 June 2010, when the painting titled ''Saurashtra'' sold for $3,486,965 at a [[Christie's]] auction.<ref name="raza">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Raza-work-fetches-record-Rs-16-3cr/articleshow/6034825.cms?|title=Raza work fetches record Rs 16.3cr|last=Raaj|first=Neelam|date=11 June 2010|work=Times of India|accessdate=6 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906044158/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Raza-work-fetches-record-Rs-16-3cr/articleshow/6034825.cms|archive-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Tyeb Mehta]] lived from 25 July 1925 to 2 July 2009. In 2002, one of his paintings sold at a [[Christie's]] auction for Rs 8 crore,<ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Kishore |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/tyeb-mehta-was-indias-most-expensive-living-artist-also-its-finest-109070300049_1.html |title=Tyeb Mehta was Indias most expensive living artist, also its finest |work=Business Standard |date=3 July 2009 |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref> which was not only the highest sum for an Indian painting at an international auction at that time, but also triggered the subsequent great Indian art boom.
* [[John Wilkins (Indian artist)|John Wilkins]] (1927–1991), was an Indian artist whose works have been rated in the league of the greatest by art critics. His paintings are valued highly, and many are in the collections of select art collectors, business houses and Government institutions. Some of his most famous works include ''Gossip'', ''Sneha- village belle'' and ''Market Seller''.<ref>''Deccan Herald''. 24 November 2002. {{full|date=February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Vasudeo S. Gaitonde]] (1924–2001) had a reputation as India's foremost abstract artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/vasudeo_s_gaitonde.htm |title=Vasudeo S. Gaitonde |publisher=Contemporary Indian Art |accessdate=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040552/http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/vasudeo_s_gaitonde.htm |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An untitled abstract by Gaitonde sold for Rs 92 lakh at an Osians auction, the highest amount paid for a contemporary Indian painting at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb112005/n36.asp |title=Gaitonde abstract fetches Rs 92 lakh |work=Deccan Herald |date=11 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305083507/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb112005/n36.asp |archive-date=5 March 2005}}</ref> Gaitonde died in 2002. In 2013, one of Gaitonde's untitled painting sold for {{INRConvert|237|m}}, set a record for an Indian artist at [[Christie's]] debut auction in India.<ref>{{cite web | title = Gaitonde $3.8 Million Work Sets Indian Artist Record|publisher= Bloomberg | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-19/gaitonde-3-8-million-work-sets-indian-artist-record.html |date=20 December 2011| accessdate = 25 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = At Rs 23.7 crore, VS Gaitonde sets record for an Indian artist| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-20/india/45416493_1_tyeb-mehta-khorshed-gandhy-indian-art-mart | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221074654/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-20/india/45416493_1_tyeb-mehta-khorshed-gandhy-indian-art-mart | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 December 2013 |date=20 December 2013| work = [[The Times of India]]| accessdate = 25 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Amrita Shergil|Amrita Sher-Gil]] (January 30, 1913 – December 5, 1941) was an eminent Indian painter, today considered an important women painter of 20th-century India, whose legacy stands on a par with that of the Masters of the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. Her painting ''Village Scene'' fetched Rs 6.9 crore at Osians auction in March 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yashodhara |first=Dalmia |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?230586 |title=White Shadows |publisher=Outlook India |date=20 March 2006 |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Subodh Gupta]] (born 1964) is an artist based in [[New Delhi]]; he was born in [[Khagaul]], [[Patna district|Patna]]. His sculpture of brass and stainless steel utensils was sold for $80,000 in April 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/subodh-gupta-work-fetches-second-highest-price-at-christies/articleshow/5855214.cms |title=Subodh Gupta work fetches second highest price at Christie's |work=Economic Times |date=25 April 2010 |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[M.F. Husain|Maqbool Fida Husain]] (born 17 September 1915, [[Pandharpur]], [[Maharashtra]]), popularly known as MF Husain, started his career as a billboard-painter. {{As of | 2011}}, his paintings average at least 2 million dollars at an auction or private sale. After some controversy regarding his paintings in his home country, he was on a self-imposed exile from 2006. In January 2010 he was offered citizenship of [[Qatar]], which he accepted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/11/26/stories/2006112600090300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061203055038/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/11/26/stories/2006112600090300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2006 |title=Our stories – The Shashi Tharoor Column
|date=26 November 2006 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2013}}
* [[Sudarsan Pattnaik]] is world-renowned sand artist http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sudarshan-pattnaik-wins-at-world-cup-of-sand-sculpting/

==References==

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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Most Expensive Indian Artists}}
[[Category:Lists of Indian artists|most extensive]]
[[Category:Lists of most expensive things|Artists, Indian]]
[[Category:Indian superlatives]]

List of most expensive Indian artists - Revision history

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