Indian painter, mid-to-late 20th century, oils, works on paper, and mixed media
Ganesh Haloi
Ganesh Haloi (born 1936) is an Indian painter associated with the Bengal school tradition and later abstraction. He works primarily in watercolour and oils, with landscape as a persistent subject.
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See also: Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar · K. Laxma Goud · Somnath Hore · Gulammohammed Sheikh