Gobardhan Ash (5 August 1907 – 22 December 1996) was an Indian artist and early modernist, according to art critic Sovom Som. According to Ebrahim Alkazi, "Gobardhan wielded considerable influence as an artist in the 1940s". He co-founded the Art Rebel Centre in 1933 and was a part of the Calcutta group. He was mentored by and close to artist Atul Bose.[6] Gobardhan worked as Chief Artist at the Indian Institute of Arts and Industry in Kolkata for two years in 1946 before becoming a Senior Teacher at the Indian Art School in 1953. Ranjit Hoskote specifically identifies Gobardhan's 1948 - 1951 period wherein Gobardhan "focusses on creating a style similar to various idioms within pattachitra into a consciousness that is clearly aware of cinema and animation"