K. G. Subramanyan

K. G. Subramanyan
Born (1924-02-15)15 February 1924[1]
Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India
Died 29 June 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 92)[2]
Vadodra, Gujarat, India
Education Visva-Bharati University
Alma mater Visva-Bharati University
Occupation Painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer, academic
Movement Contextual Modernism, Baroda Group
Awards Padma Shree, Kalidas Samman, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan

Kalpathi Ganpathi "K.G." Subramanyan (15 February 1924 – 29 June 2016) was an Indian artist. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.[3]

Life

Subramanyan was born in 1924 in Kuthuparamba[4][5] in Kerala, India,[6] and initially studied economics at Presidency College, Madras.[6] During the freedom struggle he was actively involved and was known for his Gandhian ideology. He was even imprisoned and later banned from joining government colleges during the British Rule. The turning point of his life, as an artist, came when he visited Santiniketan to study in Kala Bhavan, the art faculty of Visva Bharati University, in the year 1944. Under the tutelage such pioneers of modern Indian art as Nandalal Bose, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinkar Baij, Subramanyan studied there till 1948.

In 1951 he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts in M.S. University in Baroda. He went to study briefly in London at the Slade School of Art as a British Council scholar in 1956. While having already gone back to Baroda as a professor in painting and continuing there, he did a short stint in New York as a Rockefeller Fellow in 1966.[7] In 1980, Subramanyan went back to Santiniketan to teach in his alma mater Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, in his capacity as a professor in painting, which he continued till he retired in 1989. In the same year he was made a Professor Emeritus of Visva Bharati.

Subramanyan resided in Baroda, with his daughter Uma, towards the later days of his life and it was here that he died on 29 June 2016.[2]

Retrospective show

There have been numerous retrospective shows of K.G. Subramanyan. K.G. Subramanyan, a Retrospective was the fourth and largest, curated by R. Siva Kumar at the National Gallery of Modern Art.[8]

Career

Honours and awards

Memberships and associations

Has also been on the Board of studies of M.S. University, Baroda; Benaras Hindu University, Benaras; Punjab University, Chandigarh; College of Fine Arts, Trivadrum, Kerala; Faculty of Fine Arts, Bombay University; Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta etc. Member of the Editorial advisory Board of Leonardo

Books

Illustrated books

Murals

References

  1. ↑ Tuli, N. (2004). Masterpieces & museum quality III: Indian contemporary paintings with rare books & vintage film memorabilia. OSIAN's. ISBN 9781890206703. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Modern art pioneer KG Subramanyan, 92, passes away in Vadodara on 29 June". First Post. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Tuli, N. (2002). Masterpieces and museum-quality Indian modern & contemporary paintings. Osian's. ISBN 9788190124751. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Subramanyan, K.G. (1999). Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings. Seagull Books. ISBN 9788170461500. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 "K.G. Subramanyam". contemporaryindianart.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "K. G. Subramanyam". contemporaryindianart.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "The quintessential Indian artist". frontline.in. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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