K.G. Subramanyan

b. 1924

K.G. Subramanyan graduated from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati
University in 1948 after studying Economics from Presidency
College, Chennai. Between 1951 and 1959, Subramanyan was
a lecturer in painting at Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda. During
1955-1956, he went to Slade School of Art, London as a
British Council scholar. After a stint at All India Handloom
Board, Bombay, he returned to Baroda as reader in painting
and from 1966 to 1980 was professor. He went to New York as
a Rockefeller fellow during 1966-1967. In 1980 Subramanyan
moved to Santiniketan and till 1989 was professor of painting at
Kala Bhavan. He has had over fifty solo shows and participated
in numerous national and international group shows and major
Biennales, including Sao Paolo Biennale of 1969 and 1971, Tokyo
Biennale, 1964 and Menton Biennale, France in 1967 and 1976.
He received the Kalidas Samman in 1981 and the Padma Shree
in 1975. Subramanyan lives and works in Baroda.