If you are an art lover, then we would seriously
suggest you visit this place with plenty of time at your disposal to derive maximum satisfaction.
The gallery has about 600 paintings, which are on display throughout the year. On the ground floor, the paintings of K. Venkatappa, born in 1887 to a family of court painters, are on display.
His works include a panoramic view of the Ooty Lake, view from Church Hill - Ooty, Nilgiri Mountains, Kodaikanal, Sunrise in Ooty, a painting on Monsoon and various other sketches. On the first floor, the works of M. F. Hussain, Vasudev, Hanumaiah, Hariram, Rekha Rao, Yusuf
Arakkal and N. S. Bendre along with various other artists are on display.
On the same floor is a section dedicated to C. P. Rajaram's exquisite wood carvings. This floor is also available for exhibiting work by other artists.
The second floor is solely dedicated to K.K Hebbar - the "Hebbar Section". His paintings on the elements are titled Vayu, Jala, Prithivi, Sea Shore, In Space, Nagamandala, Agni, Last Glimpse and
Death. It also includes numerous sketches labeled Japan, Bali village, Mother and so on.
Address: Karnataka Government Museum and Venkatappa Art Gallery,
Kasturba Road, Bangalore-560 001. Phone: 2286 4483.
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat was opened on June 25, 1976 in the heart of Bangalore. It has a unique
collection of traditional paintings, leather puppets and artefacts of Karnataka. It has a graphic studio, sculpture studio and an open-air theatre. The majority of the works on display, belong to
the students of the Parishat.
The paintings on display here are on different media like Oil on Canvas, Watercolors, Mixed Media, Etching, Lithography and many more. The prices range from Rs 3000/- onwards, and each work of art
is categorised individually, displaying the name of the artist, media used, cost and size of the canvas. Some of the paintings are not for sale.
There are a number of exhibit halls in the first floor of the Parishat, which include the Roerich and Kejriwal gallery. The paintings of Nicholas Roerich have been placed in two different galleries
called Roerich I and II.
The paintings are arranged in an orderly fashion at a convenient height with adequate illumination to bring out the depth in these paintings.
And then there are the Chitrakala Parishat Collections, a permanent exhibition of the paintings collected by the Parishat over a period of time.
The Chitrakala Parishat is open to the public on all days between 10 am and 5 pm. However, the Parishat's personal collections, including the Roerich and Kejriwal Galleries are closed daily between
2 pm and 3 pm.
A recently concluded exhibition called "Exposition 2000" had a collection of works created by the students of fine arts, which included Posters, Cards, Calendars, Photographs and many more which
came under the category of "Applied Art". The idea behind this was to apply art to all possible fields and use it as a medium of communication. Visit http://www.chitrakalaparishat.com for more details about the Parishat.
If you are an art lover, then we would seriously
suggest you visit this place with plenty of time at your disposal to derive maximum satisfaction.
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat was opened on June 25, 1976 in the heart of Bangalore. It has a unique
collection of traditional paintings, leather puppets and artefacts of Karnataka. It has a graphic studio, sculpture studio and an open-air theatre. The majority of the works on display, belong to
the students of the Parishat.