An artist who broke down boundaries

June 30, 2016 09:39

The path-breaking and protean artist savant, Kalpati Ganapati Subramanyan, who died in Vadodara at the age of 92 on Wednesday afternoon, had embraced world culture, but his aesthetic sensibility was rooted in traditions as he made no distinction between classical Indian art and the country's folk culture.

He inspired great admiration that almost bordered on reverence, yet at heart he was a no-nonsense man with a sly sense of humour that was irreverent at times.

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