LETTER
TO THE EDITOR
I read with interest the article on Indian Painting
by Romen Palit in “Triveni” Vol 56 No 1. It is
really surprising and also sad that the writer of the essay did not mention
even one eminent Andhra artist in his long list excepting V. R. Chitra. Does it mean that great artists of Andhra like Damerla Rama Rao,
Kouta Anand Mohan, Adivi Bapiraju, Ankala Venkata Subba Rao, Chamakur
Satyanarayana, Varada Venkataratnam, Chavali Nageswara Rao, apart from a host
of others, are also not known outside of Andhra? Or, are the art critics and
artists of other States deliberately ignoring the artists of Andhra?
“It is not that other provinces lacked creativity
in art form and art creation, but they produced objects not extraordinary or
having vigour of genuine creation”, says Palit. Should this statement go unchallenged?
Yours sincerely,
M. S. SARMA