PAINTER

M Sivanesan

"His soft delicate studies of the effect of light and shade etc. are not a small theme."

A consistent style may not be sufficient for a painter, but it could be that Sivanesan had hidden his true talent from the general public a trifle too long. It is only in some exhibitions that we have seen the painter’s other face, the one which is both serious and yet well contoured, that is, not unnecessarily mystifying. If his work of some years ago was deemed too popular, or illustrative, the works later prove he is as true to the exacting spirit of art as the next man. There are at least two branches of painting in which he can have few rivals; the portrayal of interiors and the delineation of still life. On each imaged face the painter imposes his own perception. However it is in his so-called interiors or still life that the painter is seen working with great verve. These charming works have that air of effortless case, which comes from supreme skill and confidence. They also, have a subtle, sober, and yet lively exuberance of colour, and freshness, which makes Sivanesan’s...
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Artist Biodata

M. Sivanesan, born in 1940, in Chennai. Studied at Chennai Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, 1956. Moved to Delhi in 1963. He was awarded at International Inter Church, New York, 1962 &1977 Award-Royal Overseas Exhibition, London . One Man Shows: 1963, Chennai; 1965, Mumbai; 1966, Madras, Group Show, New Delhi; 1969, Kodaikanal; 1971 -76, DhoomimaI Art Gallery, New Delhi & SaraIa’s Art Centre, Chennai; 1976, Bangkok, Sponsored by Air India; 1977, Los Angeles, USA ; 1978, Ottawa, Canada, Sponsored by High Commission at India and Air India; 1979, New York and Washington DC, Sponsored by High Commission of India; 1980, Tai Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1985, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1987, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1989-93, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York; 1997, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai; 2000, Jain Gallery, New York; 2002, Chawla Art Gallery; 2003 & 2008, Dhoomimal Art Centre. Group Exhibitions: 1967, Tokyo, Japan; 1968, New York; 1981, Frish Art Gallery, New York; 1982, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi; 1994, Chennai; 1996, National Gallery of Modern Art; 1996, Mumbai; 1998, Jain Gallery, New York; 1999, Dhoomimal Art Gallery; 1999, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi. Sivanesan works are the most popularly collected world wide. Sivanesan lived and worked between New York, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai. He died in 2015 in New Delhi.

Artworks

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV453

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV453

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV451

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV0149

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV0144

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV0142

35000

Untitled,

Mixed Media on Paper

ID: MSIV0141

35000

Untitled,

Oil on Canvas

ID: MSIV010

200000

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