Ram Kumar

b. 1924

Ram Kumar did his Masters in Economics from Delhi University.
A student at the Sarada Ukil School of Art, Delhi he began to
participate in group exhibitions and was spotted by Raza who
became a close friend. Kumar later went to Paris and studied
painting under Andre Lhote and Fernand Leger between 1949
and 1952. He has held several solo exhibitions; he has been part
of International Biennales in Tokyo in 1957 and 1970, the Venice
Biennale (1958) and in Sao Paulo in 1961, 1965 and 1972. He
has also participated in the Festival of India shows in the then
USSR and Japan in 1987 and 1988. Ram Kumar received the
Padma Shri in 1971. He also writes short stories in Hindi and four
collections of his works have been published. He has received
the Premchand Puraskar from the U.P. Government for Meri
Priya Kahaniyan, a collection of short stories. Ram Kumar lives
and works in Delhi.