The Indian paintings like India are vast, diverse, historic and unique. Be it the murals of Ajanta, Ellora, the Buddhist palm leaf manuscripts, the Jain texts or the Mughal, Deccan and Kangra discipline of miniature painting. Indian painting has evolved from the hinterlands and has remained immortal in the annals of history. The rock painting that was discovered in Bhimbetka and other places are known to exist from pre-historic times.

Indian Mughal paintings developed from the 16th to 18th centuries during the reign of the Mughal emperors and had a distinctive blend of Indian, Islamic and Persian styles. Mughal painting is a particular style of Indian painting, generally confined to miniatures as book illustrations.Indian paintings portray the plethora of events from the Buddhist literatures including the palaces of kings and the noble class. But these paintings have not survived through the ages. The colours used for these paintings are prepared from minerals.

The Mysore paintings are the emblems of beauty originating from the classical South Indian painting in the town of Mysore, Karnataka. These paintings are renowned for their sophistication, subdued colors, and attention to detail.The subjects for most of these paintings are Hindu Gods and Goddesses and scenes from the legends like Mahabharat, Ramayan, Bhagvata Purana and also the Jaina epics.

Tanjore painting speaks to us about love devotion and beauty of godhead. The divine stories of ancient time are foretold by the Folk art. The premise of Tanjore painting is essentially religion and spirituality and the art is renowned for its artistic portray of legendary characters and themes. Tanjore paintings originated in Tanjavur in Chennai during the reign of the powerful Chola empire. tanjore traditional paintings are a very important form of classical Indian school of paintings.

Famous Indian Paintings are those particular products of artistic expression, which touch the hearts hence leaves an ineradicable impact. From ancient times thousands of painters has enriched Indian arts. Amongst innumerous number of paintings, some of the most famous Indian paintings of Indian painters are Raja Ravi Verma`s Shakuntala, Abanindranath Tagore`s Bharat Mata, M.F.Hussain`s Horses-serie`, etc.

M.F.Hussain, the most gifted Indian painter as well as most disputed artist of now is described as `Picasso of India` by Forbes magazine. He is famous for his paintings on Indian women . His colorful life and the vibrant career, which is spanned over several decades, fetched him both fame and opprobrium. In 1937 Hussain started his career of painting huge cinema hoardings as an apprentice painter to earn his livelihood.

Indian Folk paintings did not emerge in chronological order but evolved in various region of India depending mainly upon the rural cultures, mythological stories and everyday rituals. The different types of Folk paintings are `Pata`s of Bengal and Orissa, Talpatrachitra of Orissa, Madhubani or Mithila style, Rajasthani Painting, Pahari painting, Jain art at Gujrat, Warli paintings of Maharastra, Thakga, Monpa and different South Indian Folk Paintings.