City's
senior and retired Palace artist 91-year-old M Ramanarasiah is no
more. Being resident of Vijayanagar, he breadth his last in a private
hospital around 1.30 am on Sunday. He leaves behind his wife Jayamma,
and eight children, including two sons. Last rites were held at foot
of Chamundi Hills on Sunday.
Being
a scholar in Mysore Traditional Paintings, he was a mentor for
thousands of budding artists. He was the one, who introduced squirrel
hair brushes for creating painting.
Born
in 1992, he was the son of Venkatanarasiah, a Shirastedar in the
erstwhile princely State of Mysore. After obtaining graduation in
fine arts, he created a painting of Jayachamarajendra Waidyar for
which he was provided a royal patronage unit.
His
works were gifted to royal families by then Wadiyars and his paining
on Maharaja's last Durbar is being displayed at Jaganmohan Palace.
His paintings have been exhibited across country and has many honours
to his credit, including the rewards given from King Jayachamaraja
Wadiyar. He was also the recipient of MTV Acharya Award.
Condoled
City's
senior and budding artists have condoled his death. In a release,
Sri
Kalanikethan School of Arts KC Mahadevashetty said that he was master
in Art and had maintained his unique style in paintings.
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