 If
you are an art lover, then we would seriously suggest you visit
this place with plenty of time at your disposal to derive maximum
satisfaction.
The gallery has about 600 paintings, which are on display throughout
the year. On the ground floor, the paintings of K. Venkatappa,
born in 1887 to a family of court painters, are on display.
His works include a panoramic view of the Ooty Lake, view from
Church Hill - Ooty, Nilgiri Mountains, Kodaikanal, Sunrise in
Ooty, a painting on Monsoon and various other sketches.
 On
the first floor, the works of M. F. Hussain, Vasudev, Hanumaiah,
Hariram, Rekha Rao, Yusuf Arakkal and N. S. Bendre along with
various other artists are on display.
On the same floor is a section dedicated to C. P. Rajaram's
exquisite wood carvings. This floor is also available for exhibiting
work by other artists.
The second floor is solely dedicated to K.K Hebbar - the "Hebbar
Section". His paintings on the elements are titled Vayu, Jala,
Prithivi, Sea Shore, In Space, Nagamandala, Agni, Last Glimpse
and Death. It also includes numerous sketches labeled Japan,
Bali village, Mother and so on.
Address: Karnataka Government Museum and Venkatappa
Art Gallery,
Kasturba Road, Bangalore-560 001, Phone: 286 4483.
Karnataka Chitrakala
Parishat
 Karnataka
Chitrakala Parishat was opened on June 25, 1976 in the heart
of Bangalore. It has a unique collection of traditional paintings,
leather puppets and artefacts of Karnataka. It has a graphic
studio, sculpture studio and an open-air theatre. The majority
of the works on display, belong to the students of the Parishat.
The paintings on display here are on different media like Oil
on Canvas, Watercolors, Mixed Media, Etching, Lithography and
many more. The prices range from Rs 3000/- onwards, and each
work of art is categorised individually, displaying the name
of the artist, media used, cost and size of the canvas. Some
of the paintings are not for sale.
 There
are a number of exhibit halls in the first floor of the Parishat,
which include the Roerich and Kejriwal gallery. The paintings
of Nicholas Roerich have been placed in two different galleries
called Roerich I and II.
The paintings are arranged in an orderly fashion at a convenient
height with adequate illumination to bring out the depth in
these paintings.
 And
then there are the Chitrakala Parishat Collections, a permanent
exhibition of the paintings collected by the Parishat over a
period of time.
The Chitrakala Parishat is open to the public on all days between
10 am and 5 pm. However, the Parishat's personal collections,
including the Roerich and Kejriwal Galleries are closed daily
between 2 pm and 3 pm.
 A
recently concluded exhibition called "Exposition 2000" had a
collection of works created by the students of fine arts, which
included Posters, Cards, Calendars, Photographs and many more
which came under the category of "Applied Art". The idea behind
this was to apply art to all possible fields and use it as a
medium of communication. Visit www.chitrakalaparishat.com
for more details about the Parishat.
Click here to
view a 360-degree vista of the Chitrakala Parishat.
Tired of looking at images as small as stamps? Click on the
peeps below for some complete pictures of "Exposition 2000"
Address: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat,
Art Complex, Kumara Krupa Road,
Bangalore-560 001.
Phone: 2226 1816.
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