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K. G. Subramanyan was born on 1924 in Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India, is an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer and academic (1924-2016). Discover K. G. Subramanyan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?
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Painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer, academic |
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92 years old |
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1924, 1924 |
Birthday |
1924 |
Birthplace |
Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India |
Date of death |
29 June, 2016 |
Died Place |
Vadodra, Gujarat, India |
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India
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K. G. Subramanyan Height, Weight & Measurements
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K. G. Subramanyan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is K. G. Subramanyan worth at the age of 92 years old? K. G. Subramanyan’s income source is mostly from being a successful painter. He is from India. We have estimated K. G. Subramanyan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
'''Kalpathi Ganpathi "K.G."
Subramanyan was born in Tamil Brahmin family on 1924 in Kuthuparamba in Kerala, India, and initially studied economics at Presidency College, Madras.
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.
In 1951 he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts in M.S. University in Baroda.
His contribution helped Faculty of Fine Arts MSU Vadodara to gain Nationalist movement in Arts.
From 1951 to 59 Mr. Subramanyan was the Lecturer in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda.
He was the British Council Research Scholar, UK from 1955–56.
He went to study briefly in London at the Slade School of Art as a British Council scholar in 1956.
He was Deputy Director (design), All India Handloom Board, Bombay from 1959 to 61 and Reader in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda from 1961 to 65.
He 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. and a member of the Editorial advisory Board of Leonardo.
Some of his students were Bhupen Khakhar, Ghulam Rasool Santosh, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Haku Shah, Jayant Parikh, Jyoti Bhatt, Jyotsna Bhatt, Laxma Goud, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Nilima Sheikh, Raghav Kaneria, Rajeev Lochan, Ratan Parimoo, Rekha Rodwittiya, Shanti Dave, Thota Vaikuntam, Vivan Sundaram.
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.
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.
He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.
Subramanyan''' (1924 29 June 2016) was an Indian artist.
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.
K.G. Subramanyan was greatly influenced by folk art from Kerala, Kalighat painting and Pattachitra from Bengal and Odisha, as well as Indian court paintings.
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.