Rajasekharan Parameswaran

Rajasekharan Parameswaran
Born 02 June,1963
Meenachal, Kaliakkavila (Kanyakumari), Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Artist / Art Director
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Rajasekharan (Rajasekharan Parameswaran, born on 2 June 1963) is a self-taught artist from India. He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest easel painting in the world, a 56.5 ft tall and 31 ft wide easel that holds a 50 ft by 25 ft portrait of former Chief Minister E.M.S. Namboodiripad.[1][2][3] His paintings have been exhibited in many international art exhibitions,[4] and his realistic style of painting has received recognition in the art industry. His Fidal Castro[5] painting won the ArtSlant online competition 6th showcase-2010. His Gandhiji Painting got National Award in 2010(Bhiku Ram Jain Art Award, Delhi), and it is now kept in the Gandhi Museum, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. He made the largest face portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibited many Exhibitions in London. He also works as an art director in Indian films, and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director in 2007 for the film Naalu Pennungal. He got the Satyan Memorial (Special) Film Award-2008, from Kerala Cultural Forum, Trivandrum. Rajasekharan came first in the opinion poll conducted by Ananda Vikadan, famous Tamil publication, on the paintings made by seventy-five selected artists at their 75th year celebrations. His 20 paintings compiled by "My art Magazine"[6] and Fine Art blogger's "Realistic Portrait Paintings" are highly appreciated by the art lovers. Live Internet also published his selected paintings. His BLISS painting was published in the International Contemporary Artists,[7] Vol: VI, as FEATURED ARTIST.

Early life

Rajasekharan was born in Meenachal, Vilavancode Taluk, Kanyakumari Dist, Tamil Nadu. He finished his B.Sc. (Mathematics) in Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam. Starting with pencil sketches, Rajasekharan started doing painting at the age of twenty. His mathematics background helped him in handling large size pictures easily as he can lay the grids and fix dimensions easily. Portrait making has been an area that Rajasekharan has worked a lot. He has worked as a hotel receptionist, medical representative, stenographer and teacher, before taking up painting as a full-time vocation.

Filmography

World Records

Guinness World Records

Exhibitions

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "Largest Easel". GWR. GWR.
  2. ↑ "Big is Beautiful". The Hindu. The Hindu.
  3. ↑ "Painting a world record". The Hindu. The Hindu.
  4. ↑ Realistic Paintings, Oil paintings. "Realistic Paintings". myartmagazine. myartmagazine.
  5. ↑ ArtSlant, online competition. "Fedal Castro Painting".
  6. ↑ Realistic Paintings, Artist Rajasekharan. "20 Beautiful Paintings". www.myartmagazine.com. myartmagazine.
  7. ↑ International Contemporary Artists, Volume: VI. "FEATURED ARTIST".
  8. ↑ Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair, A Maestro’s Memoir. "documentary film".
  9. ↑ Mohiniyattam, the dance of the enchantress. "documentary film".
  10. ↑ Oxford International Art Fair, Art Fair. "Oxford International Art Fair". http://www.oxfordinternationalartfair.com/. GAA. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ Laksagi Art Gallery, Laksagi. "Art Gallery".
  12. ↑ Everlasting Portrayal in oil paint, Portrayal in oil paint. "Memoirs Journey". The Star Onlin.
  13. ↑ Memoirs Journey, Art Exhibition. "Art Exhibition". Malaysia Tattler.
  14. ↑ Thane art Show, Vikatan. "Art Show".
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