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Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (15 June 1911 – 26 March 1996) was an Indian painter and art educator. He is well known for his paintings that captured the social life of the common people in India. [1] . Inspired by traditional Indian art, he combined the Western art techniques with his paintings to create a unique style of his own.
K K Hebbar, born in Karnataka and later based in Bombay, represents a rare set of artists from the south that emerged as singular critical modernists of the country during the seventies without identifying themselves with any artist movement or group.
His body of work starting from 1946 and covering more or less a decade has been influential in the development of modern Indian art and occupies an important place in Indian art history. He has also participated in the 1955 Venice Biennale, and the 1959 Sao Paulo Biennale.
Hebbar was inspired by the illustrations of Jain manuscripts, Mughal miniatures and Ajanta murals. He was also highly influenced by Paul Gauguin and Amrita Sher Gill. In his work, he harmoniously blended the traditional Indian forms with elements of Western art such as surrealism and abstract art.
Dec 14, 2023 · Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar was born in 1911 at Kattingeri in the Udupi district of Karnataka. His father used to make clay idols of Lord Ganesha during festivals and this background in folk art helped Hebbar decide that he wanted to pursue art as a career.
Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar, born in Karnataka and later based in Mumbai, studied art at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai. Thereafter, he continued pursuing an education in art at the Académie Julian in Paris. He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, between 1975-1993.
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K. K. Hebbar. Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar, born on 15 June 1911 near Udupi in Karnataka, showed an inclination for the arts from his childhood—his father used to make Ganesha idols.
