Eminent artist and scholar K. G. Subramanyan was born in 1924. Painter, sculptor, muralist and print maker Subramanyan was imprisoned by the British for taking part in the Quit India movement. On his release, he came to study at Kala Bhavana,
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan (1944-48) and little later he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London (1955-56). He was a professor of two outstanding art institutions such as
Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara and Kala Bhavan. Nearly for five decades Subramanyan has been as a teacher sensitizing his students to the interface between art language and experience – the common ground for creativity and communication. He had authored many books such as Moving focus, The Living Tradition, The Creative Circuit etc.
Education :
- 1956 : Studied at the Slade School of Art, London
- 1994 - 1948 : Studied at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
- Student of Presidency College, Madras
Awards :
- 2012 : Awarded the
Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India
- 2011 : Awarded D.Litt (Honoris Causa), Assam University, Silchar
- 2009 : Awarded Dishikottam, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan
- 2006 : Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar
- 2006 : Awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India
- 2005 : Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
- 2004 : Lalit Kala Ratna awarded by the Lalit Kala Akademi on the occasion of its golden jubilee. (on 9 August 2004)
- 2001 : Gana Krishti Puraskar, Government of West Bengal
- 2001 : Manaviyam Ravi Varma Award, Government of Kerala
- 2000 : Jadunath Sarkar Gold Medal, Asiatic Society, Calcutta
- 2000 : Abanindra Puraskar, Calcutta
- 1999 : Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
- 1997 : D.Litt (Honoris Causa), Benaras Hindu University, Benaras
- 1994 : Shiromani Puraskar, Calcutta
- 1993 : Fellow, Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi
- 1992 : D.Litt (Honoris Causa), Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta
- 1991 : Gagan-Aban Puraskar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
- 1985 : Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi
- 1981 : Kalidas Samman
- 1975 : Padma Shri, Government of India
- 1965 : National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New 1968 Gold Medal, The First International Triennale, New Delhi
- 1963 : Medallion of Honourable Mention, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
- 1961 : Maharashtra State Award
- 1959 : Bombay Art Society Award
- 1957 : Bombay Art Society Award
