L MUNUSWAMY

BEGINNINGS

Born in Madras, Tamil Nadu. ? 1979 General Council member, 3rd Annual Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras. ? 1982 Participated at the seminar, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. ? 1982 Jury member, State Level Art Exhb., Madras. ? 1982 Member Advisory Board for upgrading, College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. ? 1983 Syllabus Committee member for art in schools, organised by NCERT, New Delhi. ? 1984 Advisory Board member, College of Architecture and Sculpture, Mahabalipuram. ? 1985 Contemporary Indian Art Series, L. Munuswamy was published, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. ? Lives and works in Chennai.

EDUCATION

1953 Diploma in Painting, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras. ? 1958 Joined as a staff, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras. ? 1963-64 Studied Graphic Art, Bournmouth.

EXHIBITIONS

1966 Three Indian Painters, organised by The British Council, Madras. ? 1985 Retrospective exhb., The British Deputy High Commission, Madras. ? 2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. ? Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. ? State Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai. ? National Art Gallery, Chennai. ? Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. ? Tamil University, Tanjavur. ? Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

1956-57 Received Govt. of India Cultural Scholarship for research in painting. ? 1963-64 Received Scholarship under Colombo Plan to study Graphic Art, Bournmouth. ? 1968 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. ? 1976 Tamil Nadu State Akademi Award, Madras. ? 1986 Conferred Fellowship, Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzlu, Madras. ? 1986-88 Senior Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. ? 1992-94 Emeritus Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. ? 2002 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1984 Principal, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras.

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