K C Aryan

K.C. Aryan born in 11 August 1919 and died 2002. He was an accomplished painter, sculptor and art historian. He founded the Museum for Tribal and Folk Art in Gurgaon, still functioning today. He saved plenty of old paintings, sculptures and other arts & crafts objects for posterity by collecting them in his museum or donating them to more established institutions. 

As a partition refugee from West Panjab, his initial works depicts subjects like riots of Hindu and Muslim before independence and the struggle of people after partition in camps. Aryan’s painting of the refugee camp was titled: “Freedom comes for us.” Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was not amused.