Namboodiri made his name as a cartoonist and also did large drawings. This particualar work depicts the novelist Vaikom Mohammed Bashir riding a cycle and announcing his novel with a loudspeaker.
Details
Title: Gramophone and Bashir
Creator: T M V Namboodiri
Date Created: 1990/1990
Location: Cholamandal Artists’ Village
Injambakkam, Chennai, India.
Artist Biography: 1925 Born in Ponnani, Kerala.
1954 Diploma in Fine Arts and Commercial Arts, Government School of Arts & Crafts, Madras.
1960 Joined 'Mathrubhumi', the Malayalam illustrated weekly as staff artist.
1982 Joined 'Kalakaumudi', the Malayalam illustrated weekly as staff artist; executed cement sculpture 'Modern Family on a Scooter' at Cholamandal.
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