John Wilkins (Indian artist)

John Wilkins (20 June 1927 at Kolar Gold Fields – 1991) was an Indian painter.

Husain, Francis Newton Souza, Akbar Padamsee, Manjit Bawa and many more greats.

His talent expressed itself in his works, in many styles, mediums and techniques – brush, sketch, commercial, fine art and portrait painting.

[2] In the late 1970s he left home and a large family to work at his art as a recluse in Coimbatore and later in New Delhi.

[3] In February 2010 an offer of $2.5 million for one of his paintings by a member of one of the Royal families from the Middle East was refused by an art collector in India.