Devan is primarly known for his architecture using low cost materials. He, however, started as a journalist and a painter. This picture depicts his father. The medium is oil on paper.
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Title: My Father
Creator: M.V. Devan
Date Created: 1960/1960
Location: Cholamandal Artists’ Village
Injambakkam, Chennai, India.
Artist Biography: 1928 Born in Kerala.
1953 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government School of Arts & Crafts, Madras.
1963-68Secretary, Madras State Lalit Kala Akademi.
1994 Director of Kala Gramam, the Artists' Village in Mahe, Kerala.
2002 Awarded the Ravivarma Puraskar by the Government of Kerala.
2003 Conferred the Mathrubhumi award.
2014 Passes away in Kerala.
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