K. G. SUBRAMANYAN (1924–2016)UNTITLED | INDIAN WATER COLOUR AND INK PAINTING (2010)WATER COLOUR AND INK ON PAPERSIZE: 12 × 16 IN

K. G. SUBRAMANYAN (1924–2016) WAS A PIONEERING FIGURE IN INDIAN MODERN ART, RENOWNED FOR HIS PLAYFUL, MULTI-LAYERED VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT SEAMLESSLY BLENDED TRADITIONAL INDIAN AESTHETICS WITH MODERNIST IDEALS. A MASTER DRAUGHTSMAN, TEACHER, AND THEORIST, HIS WORK SPANNED MURALS, TOYS, TEXTILES, AND PAINTINGS. THE 2010 WORKS IN WATER COLOUR AND INK SHOWCASE HIS SPONTANEOUS BRUSHWORK, SATIRICAL IMAGERY, AND A DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH MYTH, FOLK ART, AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEMES. THROUGH AN INVENTIVE USE OF MATERIALS AND STORYTELLING, SUBRAMANYAN’S ART EMBODIES THE VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF INDIAN MODERNISM

THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE