K. Ramanujam
Fantasy
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
In this painting we see the interior of a temple courtyard, with two tall poles placed along the sides of the central pagoda. The entire space is filled with small winged figures that are armed with tridents. In the foreground, the artist has inserted his own portrait in conversation with one of the ambiguous figures. At his feet, a small gondola is floating in a small pool. The subject matter of the painting is common to many of the Ramanujam's works.
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The artist was born in Madras in 1941. Despite his learning disability he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts (Madras). In 1965 he participated in the Commonwealth Arts Festival in London. Exhibitions of his work have been organized at the the Lalit Kala Academy and Mumbai. His works are held in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, State Lalit Kala Academy, Madras and Gallery Chemould, Mumbai. The artist has also executed three mural drawings for the Hotel Connemara, (Chennai), commissioned by the architect Geoffrey Bawa. The artist died in 1973 in Chennai.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- IS.82-1985
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
