The artist was influenced by western artist Van Gogh and Manet :

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Yamini Roy's artistic evolution demonstrates a direct engagement with Western art before his famous "return to the roots." Though trained in European academic realism, he underwent a significant artistic crisis and rejected it to embrace Bengali folk traditions, particularly the Kalighat *pat* paintings. However, the influence of Post-Impressionism remained foundational, evident in his stylistic choices. The flatness of his figures, the bold, black outlines, and the use of large areas of vibrant, un-modulated colour are all techniques that align with the modernist break led by artists like Manet, who favoured planar representation over deep perspective. Similarly, the intense, emotional use of colour and simplification of form reflect the expressive power championed by Van Gogh, who employed strong, defined colors for emotional impact. Roy synthesised the lessons of Western modernism with the visual language of Indian folk art to create his unique style, earning him the title 'Picasso of India.'

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Ram Kinker Baij was a pioneer of modern Indian sculpture and painting, but his influences are primarily rooted in Expressionism and the local Santiniketan environment. While he was aware of Western modernism, his raw, spontaneous style and his use of local materials for monumental sculptures link him more closely with artists like Rodin in spirit, rather than the distinct stylistic traits of Van Gogh's intense brushwork or Manet's compositional flatness. Baij’s focus was less on the planar, graphic qualities of Manet and more on volume, dynamic form, and the vitality of rural life, which distinguishes his work from the direct graphic and colour influences seen in Roy's paintings. He developed a highly individualistic, non-formulaic approach that defied simple categorization by specific Western masters.

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Bhupen Khakkar is a key figure in the Baroda School and is strongly associated with Indian Pop Art and narrative figuration. His style, characterised by quirky drawing, explicit storytelling, and a focus on ordinary middle-class Indian life (often dealing with themes of male intimacy), draws influence from sources far removed from Van Gogh and Manet. Khakkar looked towards popular calendar art, the kitsch aesthetic of Indian bazaar paintings, and contemporary British artists like David Hockney. His flat, slightly amateurish drawing style and bright palette were a conscious rejection of high art seriousness, making the comparison to 19th-century French masters less appropriate for defining his core artistic lineage.

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Tayeb Mehta was a prominent member of the Progressive Artists' Group, known for his sparse, abstract-figurative canvases marked by an iconic use of the diagonal line. His work is primarily a response to themes of violence, displacement, and the human condition, often depicting fractured or falling figures. The dominant Western influence cited for Mehta is typically Francis Bacon, whose brutal figuration and isolation of the subject resonate with Mehta’s work. While he studied in London and was fully engaged with European modernism, the essential elements of his powerful, minimalist expressionism do not derive directly from the bold colour theories of Van Gogh or the cool, calculated compositions of Manet.