Badri Narayan

Badri Narayan (Born in Secunderabad, India in 1929) is an eminent Indian artist, illustrator, author and story-teller.

He started painting with no formal training, and his first public showing was in 1949, followed by a solo show in 1954. In the years since, he has had over 50 solo shows and his work is in several collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art and the National Museum (India) in New Delhi. Initially, he worked on tile and ceramic, and this informed some of his subsequent water-colors. His paintings are intimate and appealing, often with an element of fantasy, with simple outlines and accessible subject matter in two-dimensional stylized representations. He works primarily in ink or pastel and watercolor.

He also illustrates children's books and writes short stories and verse. He has been the subject of a documentary by Mumbai All India Radio, and has received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri in 1987 and the Maharashtra Gourav Puruskar in 1990.

Badri Narayan died September 23, 2013 due to frail health, at a hospital in Bangalore.

Work

As Illustrator

• The Mahabharata by Shanta Rameshwar Rao ; illustrations by Badri Narayan. (1985, Orient Longman)
• The Ramayana by Laxmi Lal, illustrated by Badri Narayan (1988, Orient Longman)

External links

• "Badri Narayan Profile,Interview and Artworks"
• Picture in the Lalit Kala Akademi collection
• Paintings by Badri Narayan
• Article on Badri Narayan in The Hindu newspaper, including a picture of a painting
• Article including a photograph of the artist
• Article in the Deccan Herald
• Picture of house and trees by Badri Narayan