Portrait of Mahakavi Bharati
Size : 176 x 124 cm.
Oil on canvas.
Painted in 1950.
K.Bashyam (Arya) was born
in1907 in Mannargudi taluk, Thanjavur district. He is one of Indian freedom
fighter, actively participated in the freedom movement. He is a portrait painter and sculptor,
having his pen name Arya. He painted poet Mahakavi Bharati on canvas in
the year 1950. His statues of Gandhi and Satyamurthy and portraits of Gandhi
and Bharati are one of his outstanding works.