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K.C.S. Panicker
  • Place of Birth:
    Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Place of Death:
    Chennai, India
  • Date of Death:
    January 1, 1977
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Education:
    1917-30 Formal education in Kerala State and Tamil Nadu
    1936-40 Art education at the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai

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    K.C.S. Panicker
    • Died in Chennai at the age 66 in January 1977.
    • Somewhere down the line, he moved on to use calligraphy and symbols to project a state of metaphysical abstraction.
    • Yet, the colous he used were bright and sunny, the kinds of colors that you see in the paintings of the Impressionists.
    • "They hark back to the weird, but spiritually uplifting figurative exaggerations of ancient Indian painting and sculpture," he said.
    • The exhibitions' abroad and his exposure to abstract artists like Salvador Dalí had a major influence on his art.
    • It was only in 1954 that he got the first international exposure when he held exhibitions at London and Paris.
    • Since 1941, he had been holding one man shows in Chennai and Delhi.
    • It was not until the age of 25 that he joined the Government School of Arts and Crafts in Chennai.
    • Somewhere in 1918, he gave up college education to take up a job at the Indian Telegraph Department to support his family after the death of his father.
    • By the age of 17, he was already exhibiting at the Madras Fine Arts Society's annual shows.

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