Madras Art Movement Archives

July 22, 2025
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Artist Manickam Senathipathi, among the last masters of the Madras Art Movement, passes away

Senior artist M. Senathipathi at Cholamandal art village on Friday. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran The many worlds of Manickam Senathipathi’s artistic journey came to a profoundly moving trajectory in the last canvas he painted at the Artists Village of Cholamandal on Saturday, May 10, 2025. He called it ‘Christ’, symbolising perhaps the recent elevation […]

April 16, 2025
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Did Plein Air painting have a presence in Madras? This Chennai art show attempts to answer

In an exceptional use of contrasts, an idyllic scene painted in shades of translucent blue, effortlessly lets the warm sun trickle in, as a man atop a bull gazes into the distance. He stands beside a towering, veiny tree. The deft use of shadows, and contrasting colour palettes, makes this watercolour work by R Govindaraj […]