Badri Narayan (22 July 1929 – 23 September 2013) was an Indian artist, illustrator, author and story-teller. Narayan began painting with no formal training, and his first public showing was in 1949, followed by a solo show in 1954. He had over 50 solo shows and his work is in several collections, including the

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and the

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as well as the

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's South Asian Collection. Initially, he worked on tile and ceramic, and this informed some of his subsequent watercolours. His paintings are intimate and appealing, often with an element of fantasy, with simple outlines and accessible subject matter in two-dimensional stylised representations. He worked primarily in ink or pastel and watercolour. He also illustrated children's books and wrote short stories and verse. He has been the subject of a documentary by Mumbai

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, and received numerous awards, including the

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in 1987 and the Maharashtra Gourav Puruskar in 1990. Badri Narayan died on 23 September 2013 due to frail health, at a hospital in

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Work

As Illustrator

*
The Mahabharata
' by Shanta Rameshwar Rao; illustrations by Badri Narayan. (1985, Orient Longman) *
The Ramayana
' by Laxmi Lal, illustrated by Badri Narayan (1988, Orient Longman)

External links

"Badri Narayan Profile, Interview and Artworks"

Badri Narayan at indianartcircle.com

Picture in the Lalit Kala Akademi collection

Paintings by Badri Narayan at The Arts Trust online gallery (archived)
* * ttp://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan152005/metro6.asp Article in the Deccan Heraldbr>Picture of house and trees by Badri Narayan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Narayan, Badri 1929 births 20th-century Indian painters Indian illustrators Indian children's book illustrators Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education 2013 deaths People from Secunderabad Indian male painters Painters from Telangana 20th-century Indian male artists