Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar better known as K.K. Hebbar was a celebrated artist known for his India themed artworks.
Background
Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar was born in 1911 in Kattingeri near Udupi, India in a Tulu speaking Brahmin family. Hebbar was inclined towards art from his childhood, because his father was an occasional sculptor who used to make Ganesha idols.
Education
Coming from an artistic family background Hebbar pursued art and formally studied at the J. J. School of Art (Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art) in Mumbai between 1940-1945. Later he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris.
Career
Hebbar"s early artwoks were called his Kerala phase because of his depiction of the landscapes of the regions of Malabar and Tulu Nadu. Later he experimented with other themes. His artworks were inspired by Paul Gauguin and Amrita Sher-Gil.
Hebbar participated in various International art exhibitions like the Venice Biennale, São Paulo Art Biennial and Tokyo Biennale.
Today, his artworks are considered highly influential in Indian Art History. Krishna and the Panchajanya
Arjuna"s Dejection
Krishna the Charioteer
The Forest
The Birth of Bangladesh
The Veena
Lord of the Land
Cock Fight
The Tamasha Folkdance
The Tamasha Folkdance
The Multi-faceted Shiavaram Karanth
Divesting of Draupadi.
Membership
He was corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin between 1975-1993.