M.T.V. Acharya (1920 – c. 1992) was a painter, illustrator and art educator, most famous for his work for the popular Indian children's magazine ''

Chandamama ''Chandamama'' was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, famous for its illustrations. It also published long-running mythological/magical stories that ran for years. Originally, "Chandamama" was started in Telugu by Chakrapani and ...

''. Acharya won prizes for his painting during his student days in the Mysore Dasara Exhibition. Initially, he worked with Hindusthan Aircraft in Bangalore. His first painting exhibition was in Chennai in 1945. He joined the

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

children's magazine

in 1947, and later became editor of its Kannada version. He painted many covers for Chandamama. Acharya was art director of the Kannada daily '' Tai nadu'' between 1963 and 1965. Later, he founded his own art school in Bangalore, the Acharya Chitrakala Bhavan, which provided lessons and training in painting through correspondence.

Bibliography

Chandamama Art Book
an anthology of artwork by Acharya and other Chandamama artists.

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Indian children's book illustrators Journalists from Karnataka Artists from Mysore Painters from Karnataka Year of death uncertain 1920 births 1990s deaths {{India-artist-stub kn:ಎಂ. ಟಿ. ವಿ. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ta:எம். டி. வி. ஆச்சார்யா