Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

232 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III K. SREENIVASULU b. 1923, Madras, Tamil Nadu / d. 1995 Education 1940 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government School of Arts & Craft, Madras under the Principalship of D.P. Roy Choudhury Smith-Mundt Scholar, Ohio State University, U.S.A., specialising in Child Art Education Teaching & Infrastructure–building Activities Teacher of the Fine Arts Course at Kalakshetra, Madras for 25 years. Rukmini Devi greatly valued his artistic talents. Art Director, Besant School, Madras Officer-in-Charge Design Demonstration Centre, Govt. of Madras 1957 Member of the General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Member of the Executive Board, Madras State Lalit Kala Akademi 1961-4 Member of the Purchase Committee, National Art Gallery, Madras Member of the Progressive Painters Association, Madras 1963 Participated in ‘Commonwealth Arts Today’, London Commissioned for murals at Tiruchirapalli Airport, Parliament House, New Delhi, Gandhi Museum, Madurai, All India Radio, Madurai and Madras Member, Independence Day Celebration Committee, Government of India Member, Rural University policy-making bodies, Gandhigram, Dindigal, Tamil Nadu Member, Board of Technical Studies and Applied Arts, Ministry of Education Vice-President, All India Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Handicrafts Board, Government of India Nehru Centre. Millennium Show: A Century of Art from Maharashtra. 2000. [Ex. Mumbai Part 1/ 14–28 December 2000; Part 2/ 30 December–13 January 2001. Nina Rege.] (pp.53 & 89) Kerala Lalitha Akademie. Modern Indian Art. Kochi. 2001. [Curators: Ajaykumar & Vijaykumar Menon] Osian’s/Tuli. India: The Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (pp.44, 158 & 163) Delhi Art Gallery. The Demonic Line. New Delhi 2001. [Ex. 18 December–13 January] Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (pp. 26 & 70–1) Delhi Art Gallery. Changing Images. An Exhibition of 20 th Century Indian Art. Mumbai 2001. (Ex. 7–14 August) Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Mela: The ABC Of India . Mumbai 2002. (pp.30 & 188–9) Vadehra Art Gallery. A Tribute to Francis Newton Souza. New Delhi 2003. [Ex. 7 February–8 March] Osian’s/Tuli. Masterpieces & Museum- Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings. Mumbai 2002. (L12, L13, L27, L28, L29 & L143) Osian’s/Tuli. Forty Masterpieces. 20 th Century Drawing From India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka . Mumbai 2003. (L23 & L24) Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L5, L20, L51 & L118) Sotheby’s. Contemporary Indian Paintings Part II . New York 1996. (L104, L105, L106, L107, L108 & L110) Sotheby’s. Islamic and Indian Art . London 1996. (L313) Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings. London 1996. (L33, L34, L35, L37, L45, L46, L47, L48, L49, L50, L58 & L125) Sotheby’s. The Indian Sale . London 1997. (L324, L326, L330, L331, L332, L337, L339, L341, L342, L343, L357 & L360) Christie’s. Indian Contemporary Art . London 1997. (L53, L54, L55, L56, L85, L86, L87, L88, L89 & L91) Sotheby’s. Modern & Indian Contemporary Paintings . New York 1997. (L118) Christie’s. Twentieth Century Indian Art . London 1998. (L48, L49, L50, L51, L52, L53, L54 & L56) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings . London 1999. (L42, L43, L44, L47 & L48) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 1999. (L236, L237, L238, L239, L240, L241 & L243) Christie’s. Twentieth Century Indian Art . London 1999. (L93, L95, L96 & L98) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 2000. (L224, L225, L226 & L227) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2000. (L110, L123, L124, L125&L129) Christie’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art including 20 th Century Indian Paintings . New York 2000. (L303) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2000. (L71) Newspaper & Magazine Articles Rudi von Leyden.’Indian Painters of Today’ in Onlooker Annual 1959, Bombay. Francis Newton Souza. ‘Amusing Musings’ in The Sunday Observer 10 January 1993, Bombay. F.N. Souza. ‘Thus Spake Souza’ in Asian Age 5 December 1999, Bombay. Doctor, Geeta. ‘Primal Instinct’ in Art India Vol.5 No.2 2000. Bombay. (pp.98–9) ‘Souza, Rebel Icon of Art World, Dead’ in The Indian Express 30 March 2002, Mumbai. Uma Nair. ‘Souza Could Paint, Write and Wear a Hat’ in Asian Age 31 March 2002, Mumbai. Mario Aurora Couto. ‘Souza: In Communion with Goa’ in The Hindu 31 March 2002, Chennai. Georgina Maddox. ‘Souza’s Funeral a Palette of Memories’ in The Indian Express 31 March 2002, Mumbai. Nisha Jamwal. ‘Without Art, Man Would Die’ in The Indian Express 30 March 2002, Mumbai. Udita Jhunjhunwala. ‘The Souza Enigma’ in The List Mid-Day 30 March 2002, Mumbai. Anupa Mehta. ‘Requiem for an Artist’ in The Times Of India 4 April 2002, Mumbai. Baiju Parthan. ‘The Vice-President of All the Vices in the World’ in India Abroad 12 April 2002, Mumbai. Shyam Bhatia. ‘He Was One of the First to Paint Nudes Explicitly’ in India Abroad 12 April 2002, Mumbai. Jasmine Shah Varma. ‘Remembering a Maverick’ in Mid-Day 23 April 2002, Bombay. ‘Painting is As Ugly As a Reptile: Souza’ in Asian Age 5 May 2002, Mumbai. Bernadette Da Cunha.’Remembering Souza’ in The Times of India 29 March 2003, Mumbai.