Printmaking or the process of making art by printing began in India in the 17th century but it became recognised as a medium of art only in the late 1940s, via Raja Ravi Varma’s iconic works. The artist even started his own oleograph press and thus managed to reach households across the subcontinent. Later, in the 1950s, the Progressive Artists Group that included MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee and AA Raiba started a print studio and produced prints.

An original print of one of Gayathri K’s artworks