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Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (15 June 1911 – 26 March 1996) was an Indian painter and art educator. He is well known for his paintings that captured the social life of the common people in India. [1] . Inspired by traditional Indian art, he combined the Western art techniques with his paintings to create a unique style of his own.
K K Hebbar, born in Karnataka and later based in Bombay, represents a rare set of artists from the south that emerged as singular critical modernists of the country during the seventies without identifying themselves with any artist movement or group.
Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar, born in Karnataka and later based in Mumbai, studied art at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai. Thereafter, he continued pursuing an education in art at the Académie Julian in Paris.
Guided explanation of K K Hebbar, his art, the display in the gallery and the literary and cultural implications of his art and artistic styles and periods, Date and time. The tour is free of cost. A maximum of 15 persons per tour batch.
K.K. Hebbar was born in 1911 in Kattingeri, Udipi, Karnataka. Growing up, Hebbar saw his father, a Ganesh idol sculptor and was inclined towards art. Thus, after some initial training in Mysore, he joined Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai from 1940-45. Here he drew his fascination for impressionism.
K.K. Hebbar's evolution as an artist reveals a gradual movement from academic realism to near-abstraction. Studying at the JJ School of Art in Bombay, Hebbar acknowledges the influence of both Amrita Sher-Gil and Paul Gauguin on his early work.
Jul 10, 2016 · K K Hebbar is not only reclaimed as a significant modernist artist in a quest for national identity, he is remembered by many as a visionary and a humanist.
