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K C S Paniker

K. C. S. Paniker (1911 - 1977) was active/lived in India, Europe.  K C S Paniker is known for Metaphysical, abstract, symbolic painting, landscape, arts and crafts.

K. C. S. Paniker (1911–1977) was a metaphysical and abstract painter from India. He interpreted the country's age-old metaphysical and spiritual knowledge in the 1960s, when Indian art was under the influence of the Western painters. "That was the time when a few Indian artists were trying to break out of this Western influence and establish an idiom and identity of their own," he said.

In 1976, he was awarded the highest award of the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, the Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi for lifetime contribution.

Born in Coimbatore on 31 May 1911, Paniker received his education in present-day Kerala and later in Tamil Nadu. The lush green village where Paniker lived influenced the colourful landscapes of his early years. The bright colours stayed in his paintings, even though he moved away from landscapes and onto other subject matters.

A virtual child prodigy, Paniker began painting landscapes when he was 12. By the age of 17,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3934 characters.]  Artist bio

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