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{{Short description|Indian sculptor and painter (1925–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = C. S. N. Patnaik
| image = C. S. N. Patnaik in 2011.jpg
| caption = Patnaik in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|12|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Srikakulam district]], Madras Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|8|11|1925|12|6|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| occupation = {{Hlist|Sculptor|painter}}
| children = 4
| awards = [[Kala Ratna]]
}}

'''Chowdhary Satyanarayana Patnaik''' (6 December 1925 – 11 August 2022), commonly known as '''C. S. N. Patnaik''', was an Indian sculptor and painter from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=11 August 2022 |title=Noted sculptor C.S.N. Patnaik dies at 97 |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/noted-sculptor-csn-patnaik-dies-at-97/article65758854.ece |access-date=2 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=7 December 2016 |title=C S N Patnaik young at 92 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/071216/c-s-n-patnaik-young-at-92.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202181512/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/071216/c-s-n-patnaik-young-at-92.html |archive-date=2 December 2022 |access-date=25 March 2023 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref> He specialized in [[fresco]] and [[mural painting]] and [[bronze]] sculpting. His paintings incorporated depictions of rural life and its tradition and culture. He sculpted a statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] which was installed at the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]. He received the [[Kala Ratna]] award in 2006.

== Early life ==
Patnaik was born on 6 December 1925 in Badam village in the present-day [[Srikakulam district]], Andhra Pradesh (then in [[Madras Presidency]]).<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Patnaik received training in sculpting and painting from Government College of Arts and Crafts<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=The intuitive fusion of the native and the modern: changing trends of Andhra art in the 20th century. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+intuitive+fusion+of+the+native+and+the+modern:+changing+trends+of...-a0246835934 |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref> in [[Chennai|Madras]]. He started working as a [[Karanam]],<ref name=":3" /> a village administrative officer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baumgartner |first1=Ruedi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndRjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT530 |title=In Search of Sustainable Livelihood Systems: Managing Resources and Change |last2=Hogger |first2=Ruedi |date=10 August 2004 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=9789352802661 |page=530 |quote=Likewise the traditional village accountant, referred to in Telugu as Karnam or as Shanubhog in Kannada, was responsible for all record keeping.}}</ref> He later worked as a government employee in Education Department in 1955. He moved to Guntur in 1962 and became a lecturer in sculpture in Government College for Women in Guntur.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2015 |title=I believe in art for art's sake: Chowdhury Satyanarayana Patnaik |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/i-believe-in-art-for-arts-sake-chowdhury-satyanarayana-patnaik/articleshow/49536568.cms |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
[[File:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on the premises of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], Hyderabad]]
He specialized in [[fresco]] and [[mural painting]] and [[bronze]] sculpting. He is known for his depictions of Srikakulam district's rural life and its tradition and culture in his paintings.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2016 |title=Passing the baton to next generation artists on Patnaik's birthday |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2016/dec/07/passing-the-baton-to-next-generation-artists-on-patnaiks-birthday-1546519.html |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> His sculptures established on the [[Tank Bund Road]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s statue located on the premises of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] in [[Hyderabad]] earned him recognition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kalasagar |date=12 August 2022 |title=పరలోకానికి 'శిల్పి పట్నాయక్' పయనం |trans-title='Sculptor Patnaik' journeys to heaven |url=https://64kalalu.com/sculptor-csn-patnayak-is-no-more/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=64kalalu |language=te}}</ref> In 1975, the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] granted him a research fellowship to study metallurgical sculptures and the effect of [[terracotta]] over them. As part of the research, he studied the sculpture art in [[North India]].<ref name=":2" />

He was an expert in box moulding and casting.<ref name=":2" /> His works were exhibited across the country and in Australia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Romania and the U.S.. He said that he worked on more than 400 paintings and 100 bronze sculptures.<ref name=":3" />

== Other work ==
Patnaik represented the [[Andhra University]] and the [[Acharya Nagarjuna University]] in the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] of Andhra Pradesh during 1969 to 1979. He acted as the vice-president of the Andhra Academy of Arts, Vijayawada, between 1972 and 1977, and was joint secretary of the Sculptors Forum of India in New Delhi in 1976. He was vice-president of the Lalit Kala Akademi in Hyderabad from 1977 to 1982.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

== Awards ==
Among honours Patnaik received, the most notable one is the [[Kala Ratna]] award, conferred by the government of [[united Andhra Pradesh]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 August 2006 |title=Hamsa awards are now Kalaratna |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh//article58041585.ece |access-date=2 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Patnaik had four children.<ref name=":2" /> His younger son,<ref name=":2" /> Ravi Shankar Patnaik (August 1961 – 29 April 2021)<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2021-04-30 |title=Andhra University Professor dies of cardiac arrest |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-university-professor-dies-of-cardiac-arrest/article34451952.ece |access-date=2023-03-25 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and his wife, Sandhya Chowdary Patnaik both who are also artists, established "CSN Patnaik Art Gallery" in [[MVP Colony]], Visakhapatnam, in 2009, to provide a space for exhibiting artwork of other artists.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Ravi Shankar worked as a faculty and Head of the Department of the Fine Arts Department of Andhra University. He was one of the noted sculptors in the country.<ref name=":4" />

== Death ==
Patnaik died on 11 August 2022 in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Ravela |first=Sambasiva Rao |title=సి.యస్.యన్. పట్నాయక్ |publisher=CP Brown Academy |year=2011 |isbn=978-9381035290 |language=te |trans-title=C.S.N. Patnaik}}

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[[Category:Indian male sculptors]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Kala Ratna]]

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