Ram Kumar

Trivia

• As the interest in Indian art has grown, paintings by he are getting increasing recognition in the art market.
• Increasingly abstract works done in sweeping strokes of paint evoke both exultation of natural spaces and more recently an incipient violence within human habitation.
• The human condition is the main concern of the painter manifested in his early works by the alienated individual within the city Later the city, specifically Varanasi with its dilapidated, crammed houses conveys a sense of hopelessness.
• Also also writes short stories in Hindi and four collections of his works have been published.
• Also received the Padma Shri in 1971.
• Participated in the Festival of India shows in the then USSR and Japan in 1987 and 1988.
• Has participated in various exhibitions in and out of India.
• Is also an author, writing fiction in Hindi. He lives and works in Delhi.
• Paints abstract landscapes, usually in oil or acrylic.
• Was befriended by S.H. Raza and MF Hussain who are two major artist.