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Reddeppa Naidu

Reddeppa Naidu (1932 - 2001) was active/lived in India.  Reddeppa Naidu is known for Painting.

"In my search for identity and roots --- an identity that is free of Western impact --- I have turned to mythology. I wanted to paint on subjects that belong to me and were a direct source of inspiration." 

Born in 1932 in the East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, Redeppa Naidu attended the Madras College of Arts and Crafts and had the benefit of the best art education that the institution could offer in the mid-twentieth century.

Indian artists, in that era, were quite obsessed with Parisian modernism. But Naidu says that the great European experiment did not really influence his works. "I was not quite acquainted with impressionism, expressionism or cubism. If it was pointed out that my work was impressionistic, I could not comprehend how it could be so," he adds. "Such comparison, in a way, also upsets me."

The 50s, when Naidu began his career as an artist, was also the time of struggle for Indian art   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4372 characters.]  Artist bio

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