Master printmaker and sculptor Krishna Reddy passed away on Thursday in New York. He was 93.
Born in 1925 in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Reddy went to Santiniketan to study art. Later, with the help of J. Krishnamurthi (who remained a lifelong friend), he travelled to Europe where he spent his most impressionable years in London, France, Rome and Milan, studying sculpture and working with Henry Moore, Ossip Zadkine and Mario Marini.
He also had intimate contacts with artists such as Brancusi and Giacometi, and all these encounters had a profound impact on his work.
Since 1977, Krishna Reddy worked as a professor and artist-in- residence in New York University serving as the Director of Graphics and Printmaking in the Art Department. He received the prestigious Printmaker Emeritus Award 2000.
He has been honoured with a Padma Shri in recognition of his significant contribution to contemporary Indian art.
