From the archive
Introduction
- Zodiac sign
- Gemini
- Age
- 65
- Place of Birth
- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Place of Death
- Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- Spouse(s)
- Ramabai
- Children
- Daughter sumitra, son
- State Country of Birth
- Tamil Nadu, India
- State Country of Death
- Tamil Nadu, India
1928
- Intermediate, Madras Christian College, Chennai, India
1936
- Art education, Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India
1936 – 1940
1954
- Travel in England, France, Switzerland and Italy
1941
- Appointed Teacher at the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India
1944
- Established Progressive Painters' Association, Chennai, India
1954
- Nominated one of the Nine Eminent Artists and Member of Executive Board of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1955
- Vice Principal, Government School of Arts & Crafts, Chennai, India
1957
- Principal, Government School of Arts & Crafts, Cennai, India
1959
- Talks on Indian Art in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, USSR
1962
- Upgrading of Government School of Arts & Crafts, Madras to the Government College of Arts & Crafts
1963
- Member, Indian Delegation, World Art Congress, New York. Extensive travel in USA
- Discussions with American artists as a guest of the State Department, USA
1964
- Established Cholamandal Artists Village, near Mahabalipuram
1966
- Established Cholamandal Artists' Village, Madras Awards and Honours
1976
- Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi for lifetime contribution.