Ghulam Rasool Santosh
Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as G. Santosh, was a Kashmiri painter and poet. He was best known for his themes inspired by Kashmir Shaivism. In 1979, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for his poem titled Be Soakh Rooh.
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Ghulam Rasool Santosh
- Born
- 1929 · Srinagar.
- Died
- 1997 · Delhi.
- Nationality
- India · Dominion of India
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Honours
- Padma Shri in arts · Sahitya Akademi Award
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Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as G. Santosh, was a Kashmiri painter and poet. He was best known for his themes inspired by Kashmir Shaivism. In 1979, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for his poem titled Be Soakh Rooh.
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Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997) was an artist and painter and a national of the Dominion of India and India. Born in Srinagar, the artist died in Delhi. Ghulam Rasool Santosh worked in New Delhi.
Works by the artist are held at National Gallery of Modern Art, National Museum of World Cultures and Print Collection. Ghulam Rasool Santosh received Padma Shri in arts and Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Places of work recorded in the authority are New Delhi. Work by Ghulam Rasool Santosh is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures, National Gallery of Modern Art and Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Padma Shri in arts and Sahitya Akademi Award.
He was born Ghulam Rasool in a Kashmiri Muslim family of modest means in the Chinkral Mohalla habba kadal neighborhood of old Srinagar. He dropped out of school after his father's death and took up odd jobs like writing, painting signboards, weaving silk and whitewashing walls. In 1954 he won a scholarship to study fine arts under a celebrated Indian painter, N. S. Bendre in the faculty of Arts, at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, in the state of Baroda, in the state of Gujarat, in western India. Around the same time, he did what was considered unusual and unacceptable in conservative Kashmiri society - he married his childhood sweetheart, Santosh, who was a Kashmiri Pandit, and also assumed her name.
Career
Career
In the early 1960s, Santosh studied Tantric (mystical) art and Kashmir Shaivism. In 1964 he adopted this style to create some of the best examples of modern Tantric paintings. His paintings are known for the vibrancy of colors, neat lines, spiritual energy and sensuousness. His paintings have been exhibited in notable international shows including the Tenth São Paulo Art Biennial, 1969 and the 'Neo-Tantra: Contemporary Indian Art Inspired by Tradition' exhibition at University of California, Los Angeles, 1985.
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He died on March 10, 1997, in New Delhi, India. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
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- 1.Akademi Awards (1955-2020). Sahitya Akademi.
- 2.The art of G.R. Santosh. Greater Kashmir. 2015-03-14.
- 3.Catálogo da 10ª Bienal de São Paulo (1969). issuu. 2008-08-01.
- 4.Greenstein, Jane. A View of India’s Modern Tantric Art. Los Angeles Times. 1985-12-25.
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