C. Dakshinamoorthy
Artist
Dakshinamoorthy, as a modern master, belongs to a generation of progressive artists of the late 1950s and the early 1960s in Madras (current Chennai), the artistic centre of South India. It was indeed a significant period in time in the modern art history of India in general and specifically South India, whereby artists were on an undaunted search or pursuit to express the modernity within their thoughts and inspirations via the embracement of the rich artistic tradition that they were readily endowed with in India.
The artist graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, in 1966. Later, as a British Council scholar, he completed a post-graduation course in Advanced Printmaking at the Croydon College of Design and Technology in 1978.
