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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Krishna Reddy<br />
| image = Photo of Krishna Reddy (artist).jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|07|15}}<br />
| birth_place = Nandanoor, [[Chittoor district]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|08|22|1925|07|15}}<br />
| death_place = New York, U.S.<br />
| other_names = N. Krishna Reddy<br />
| education = Slade School of Fine Arts<br />
| alma_mater = Kala Bhavana<br />
| known_for = Printmaking, Sculpture<br />
| spouse = Judy Blum Reddy<br />
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'''Krishna Reddy''' (15 July 1925 – 22 August 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/krishna-reddy-1925-2018-76425|title=Krishna Reddy (1925–2018)|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-august-24-2018-1337720|title=Art Industry News|date=2018-08-24|work=artnet News|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en-US}}</ref> was an Indian [[Printmaking|printmaker]], [[Sculpture|sculptor]], and teacher.<ref name="metMuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/workshop-and-legacy-krishna-reddy-a-new-form|title=Krishna Reddy and Atelier 17: A "New Form" Takes Shape|last=Sharma|first=Sumesh|date=18 October 2016|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> He was considered a master [[Intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio printer]] and known for [[viscosity printing]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Krishna Reddy was born on 15 July 1925, in a small village called Nandanoor, near [[Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh|Chittoor]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ignca.nic.in/invitations/krishnareddy_biographical_journey.pdf|title=KRISHNA REDDY : biographical journey|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Krishna_Reddy/11125410/Krishna_Reddy.aspx|title=Krishna Reddy|website=www.askart.com|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref><br />
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Reddy studied at [[Visva-Bharati University]]'s [[Kala Bhavana]] (Institute of Fine Arts) with [[Nandalal Bose]], from 1941 to 1946, and graduated with a degree in fine arts.<ref name="metMuseum" /><ref name=":0" /> From 1947 to 1949, he was head of the art section at [[Kalakshetra Foundation]] and was also teaching art at the Montessori Teachers' Training Centre in [[Madras]].<ref name=":0" /> It was at this time that he took interest in sculpture and painting.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1949, he moved to London, and continued his sculpture studies with [[Henry Moore]] at the [[University of London]]'s [[Slade School of Fine Art]]s.<ref name=":0" /> In 1950, Reddy moved to [[Paris]] and met artist [[Constantin Brâncuși]]. Through Brâncuși, he was introduced to cafe discussions on art and met many famous artists during studio visits.<ref name=":0" /> During his time in Paris he studied sculpture under [[Ossip Zadkine]] and engraving under [[Stanley William Hayter]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1957, he traveled to [[Brera Academy|Academia Di Belle Arti Di Brera]] (Brera Academy) in [[Milan]] to study under [[Marino Marini (sculptor)|Marino Marini]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2016 he was one of the subjects of the exhibition ''Workshop and Legacy: Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Zarina Hashmi'' at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref name="metMuseum"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Printmaking ===<br />
Reddy was considered a master in intaglio printmaking and after 1965 was an associate director at Hayter's [[Atelier 17]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/reddy-krishna/|title=Krishna Reddy – Art Public Montréal|website=Art Public Montréal}}</ref> Atelier 17, a thriving artist workshop was founded in 1927 by Hayter and was originally located in Paris; however between 1939 and 1940 the workshop moved to New York City and in 1950 back to Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ateliercontrepoint.com/17index.html|title=20th Century modern printmaking – S. W. Hayter and Atelier 17|date=1 March 2017|website=Roosevelt Fine Art LLC|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> Atelier 17 has always been a meeting place to experiment with their art practices for both European and American artists including [[Joan Miró]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Alberto Giacometti]], [[Juan Cárdenas|Juan Cardenas]], Constantin Brâncuși, and [[Zarina (artist)|Zarina Hashmi]].<ref name="metMuseum" /><br />
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Reddy's technique and style distinguished him as an important printmaker. Reddy's prints are abstract, created with subtle grid-like designs on plates with intricate texturisations. The myriad complex colours that he introduced in prints are marked by a contemplative approach to the infinite mysteries of nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/krishna_reddy.htm|title=Krishna Reddy|work=contemporaryindianart.com|access-date=16 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230092921/http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/krishna_reddy.htm|archive-date=30 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> While working at Atelier 17, Reddy was instrumental in developing a new printing process to produce multi-coloured prints from a single printing matrix by exploiting the viscosity and tackiness of the inks, subsequently named viscosity printing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/farewell-to-printmaker-sculptor-world-renowned-modernist-artist-krishna-reddy/story-M3eGnL8r7QOgYIECRTNLZM.html|title=Farewell to printmaker, sculptor, world renowned modernist artist Krishna Reddy|date=23 August 2018|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=23 August 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A real guru, he always kept his links with India|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/a-real-guru-he-always-kept-his-links-with-india-5322150/|access-date=24 August 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=24 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Reddy received the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1972, in recognition of his distinguished contributions to art.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artpublic.ville.montreal.qc.ca/en/oeuvre/sans-titre-1865/|title=Sans titre|website=Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal}}</ref><br />
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=== Teaching ===<br />
Reddy was a guest professor and lecturer at many universities in the United States including [[Maryland Institute College of Art]], [[Pratt Institute]], [[Ruskin College]] School of Fine Art and Drawing, [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] and many more.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Among Reddy's pupils is the painter and printmaker [[Elaine Breiger]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref><br />
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Krishna Reddy died on 22 August 2018 in New York, at the age of 93.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/see-you-again-in-apus-world/articleshow/65523032.cms|title=See you again in Apu’s World|last=Sharma|first=Sumesh|date=2018-08-24|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{Cite book |first=Richard |last=Bartholomew|author-link=Richard Bartholomew#Works |title=Krishna Reddy |location=New Delhi |date=1974}}<br />
*{{Cite book |title=Krishna’s Cosmos: The Creativity of an Artist, Sculptor & Teacher |publisher=Mapin Publishing |location=Ahmedabad |date=2003}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_244/ Krishna Reddy Papers] at New York University Archives at New York University Special Collections & Archives<br />
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