Bathing Beauty, 1980

This painting is created by K. S. Kulkarni using oil on board. It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

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Note: K. S. Kulkarni (1918-1994) graduated from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1942. Soon he shifted to Delhi to work as a visiting Professor at the Delhi Polytechnic in Art Department, between the years 1945-61. He took a brief time off from teaching and exhibited his work in several groups and solo shows, notably the International Art Exhibition, New Delhi, 1945; a solo show at AIFACS, New Delhi, 1945; International Art Exhibition, London, 1949. Then from 1950-55 he again joined as Visiting Faculty at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, while teaching he exhibited nationally at the Kumar Gallery; Group Exhibition organized by Delhi Shilpi Chakra, Free Mansion Hall, New Delhi, 1953. Kulkarni later in 1972 was appointed as Dean at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Benaras Hindu University, Benaras. In 1947, he was awarded the Bronze medal at the International Exhibition, London and also thrice won the Lalit Kala Academy Award in the years 1955, 62 and 65. Kulkarni through his artistic career explored different styles starting with making murals and moving to painting, drawing and sculpting. Kulkarni was mainly inspired by abstraction and cubism, employing these styles to make contemporary works although he chose to narrate local subjects and objects. His artworks usually are a mixture of conflicting aesthetic ideals and like many of the Delhi Shilpi Chakra artists his style also ranges between the feeling of Realism and Expressionism.