Noted artist Ram Kumar passes away

April 14, 2018 10:42 am | Updated 12:10 pm IST

 Artist Ram Kumar

Artist Ram Kumar

Senior artist Ram Kumar passed away on Saturday. He was 94.

A modernist, he was associated with the Progressive Artists’ Group comprising M.F.Husain, F.N.Souza, H.A.Gade, S.H.Raza and others. The seminal group gave a new direction to Indian art by introducing a fresh idiom.

He was known for his abstract landscapes. The cremation will be held on Saturday afternoon at Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi.

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