The rebel painter and grand artist, R. B Bhakaran Madras Art Movement of the 1960s and also among the first to rebel against the concept of ‘Nativism’ propagated by K.C.S. Panniker, the idea that one must consciously evolve an Indian style by introducing Indian motifs and themes into one’s work. He does not believe that Indian paintings should look Indian. His paintings are replete with a heterogeneity of Eastern and Western styles