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ARTIST T.K. PADMINI
(1940 - 1969) |
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THE
MAIL,
26th
September
1965
".....and
Padmini
are
fascinating
to
a
certain
extent
for
the
innovative
nature
of
their
imagery
derived
out
of
landscape motives. Birds
and
animals are
well
knitted
with
pictorial
logic.
A
subtle
symbolism
also
plays
a
part
in
their
works....Padmini,
one
of
the
promising
young
painters
of
the
south
appears
to
be
interested
in
evolving
a
suitable
idiom
to
express
the
poetic
charm
of
rural
life."
Six
Madras
Artists
Show |
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THE
MAIL,
27th
October,
1965
"The
lyrical
and
poetic
take
its
different
attributes
in
Krishnamurthy,
Padmini
and
Sunanda."
Young
Painters
&
Sculptors
Exhibition,
Govt.
College
of
Arts
&
Crafts,
Madras |
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THE
HINDU,
14th
March
1969
"'The
bird'
and
"Girl
with
a
kite"
in
oils
by
T.K.
Padmini
show
an
exquisite
sense
of
the
palette."
Creative
Forum's
Art
Exhibition
Madras,
March
1969 |
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THE
HINDU,
5th
April
1968
"Padmini
maintain
an
individual
idiom
of
her
own.
Padmini's
dark
and
short
women
live,
amidst
luxuriant
vegetation,
with
blue
hills,
under
a
moonlit
sky.
Her
rich
landscape
with
green
verdure,
cluster
of
trees
and
bunches
of
flowers,
provide
an
appropriate
background
for
her
women
going
to
the
serpant
temple
(typical
of
Malabar)
wandering
in
the
Garden,
or
enjoying
themselves
in
natural
surroundings.
"The
lovers"
portrays
a
red
tiled
house,
with
two
birds
on
the
roof,
with
trees
all
around,
while
the
"burial
ground"
depicts
a
bent
women,
stricken
with
grief,
in
a
dark
gray
background.
"Dancing
Girl",
"Girl
in
the
Garden",
"Festival"
and
"The
love"
are
other
significant
canvasses
in
the
exhibition
One
Man
Show
at
Madras |
THE
ARTRENDS,
Vol.
VI
Jan-April
1967
"A
certain
Gauginesque
luxuriance
of
color
distinguishes
Padmini's
paintings.
Her
women
live
or
idle
amidst
tropical
trees
and
brooks
full
of
flowers
and
green
verdure,
surrounded
by
blue
hills
and
undulating
landscapes.
Her
more
recent
work
reflect
the
styles
and
techniques
of
fellow
painters
in
Madras,
but
Padmini
still
maintains
her
distinctness
of
personality.
She
has
evidently
digested
these
influences
and
made
them
part
of
her
own
self.
Her
approach
to
painting
is
romantic
in
character
and
one
feels
that
her
technique
should
lend
itself
to
mural
painting
admirably. |
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FEMINA
1965
"The
only
woman
painter,
Padmini
portrayed
strength
of
personality
in
the
bold
use
of
colours
and
her
"figures
in
landscape"
was
one
of
the
most
outstanding
of
the
six
on
display."
Six
Madras
Artists
Show
At
The
Museum
Centenary
Hall,
Madras |
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THE
STATESMAN,
Mar
18,
66
"Miss
T.K.
Padmini
is
among
the
most
original,
Except
when
her
work
is
too
dark
(figures
in
landscape).
She
created
splendid
nudes,
with
strong
emphasis
on
lines
she
likes,
and
in
bold
compositions."
Six
Madras
Artists
Show
AIFACS,
New
Delhi, |
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THE
MAIL,
3rd
December
1965
"Padmini
has
moved
to
a
greater
sharpness
of
lines.
Her
recent
work
(e.g.
"Gay
Life")
is
concerned
with
the
depiction
of
fantasy
and
abounds
in
flowing
lines,
but
it
does
not
have
the
lyricism
of
her
earlier
Gauginline
"Meditation".
She
has
gained
in
precision
although
parts
of
some
of
her
paintings
are
marred
by
an
excess
of
lines,
which
borders
on
the
scribe."
Three
Women
Artists
Show |
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