Thota vaikuntam biography for kids in english

Thota Vaikuntam born is an Indian painter. His drawings range from stark charcoal on paper, transparent washes and pencil drawings. Vaikuntam was born in Burugupalli, Karimnagar district , Telangana. His father used to run a grocery shop.

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He was under the tutelage of K. Subramanyan at Baroda. The love for women in his paintings can be traced back to his childhood fascination of the impersonations of women characters by the male artists of the theatre groups performing in his village. Vaikuntam paints colourful and elaborately dressed Telangana region men and seductive women.

His muse is the sensuous and voluptuous women of Telangana with their omnipresent vermilion bindis , draped in colourful sarees that highlight their dusky skin. The stylisation of a painting are a perfect foil to Indian classical dance as the figures seem to dance, as if following their creator in a statuesque movement, reminiscent of temple friezes.

The simple women become larger than life as they fill the small format of his paintings draped in bright Sircilla saris. I like using rich primary colours, which give a sense of character and depth to my paintings.

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Like reds and saffron and even orange, because these are essentially Indian colours. I don't like using colours that are mix of two, because they are not natural, they don't exist in surroundings around us, in our everyday life. He worked as art director for the film, Daasi , and received a National award. A film was made based on his story as Rangula Kala , which displayed the range of his work as young upcoming painter.