India's best-known artists will be display their work together to reflect the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi in a charity exhibition in India to raise money for his statue in London.

The exhibition and sale on 13 December will be held at the British High Commissioner’s residence, New Delhi.

This unique endeavour has brought together 28 artists who are to share the proceeds of the sale to install the sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, London – directly facing the Houses of Parliament.

Lord (Meghnad) Desai, who has set up the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust to raise money for the sculpture around the globe, said: “It is a wonderful gesture on the part of these renowned Indian artists who are supporting not only the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, but also the work of a fellow artist and sculptor, Philip Jackson, who has created the statue.

“This reaching out between India and UK, through these artists, is befitting because Gandhi belongs to the whole world. He spent his early life not just in India, but also London. Many of the works in this exhibition and sale reflect the international influence that he continues to enjoy in art, philosophy and politics.

“I urge admirers from around the world to buy these wonderful pieces of art and add to a historical legacy.”

Among the artists whose work will be displayed are M F Husain, Jogen Chowdhury, Manu Parekh, Raghu Rai, Jatin Das, Haku Shah, Arpana Caur, K S Radhakrishnan, Paresh Maity, Atul Dodiya, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Jagannath Panda, Riyas Komu, G R Iranna, B Manjunath Kamath, Veer Munshi, Subba Ghosh, Seema Kohli, Parthiv Shah, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Dimpy Menon, Sudhanshu Sutar, Sudip Roy, Amit Pasricha, Apurva Desai, Anu Malhotra, Sharmi Chowdhury and Suraj Kumar Kashi Many have created a painting or a sculpture inspired by Gandhi. The Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, is organising the charity event for the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust to raise funds. The gallery’s owner, Sunaina Anand, is curating the exhibition.

She has worked with many of the artists previously and said: “The Mahatma is a special show where Indian artists have come forward to pay their tribute to Gandhi, whose philosophy has touched hearts across the globe. We hope the works created especially to support the fund raising will also enrich the collections of art lovers".

The paintings will be displayed for sale after the inauguration and be available online for purchase at www.gandhistatue.org and also at the website for the Art Alive Gallery www.artalivegallery.com.