Thursday 9 January 2014


Bapu bommala koluvu:

Bapu(Satthiraju Lakshmi Narayana) Bapu (born on December 15,1933) . He is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema.He is a music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer..
  
         Bapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. His unique style consisted of economy of strokes, freehand drawing and a lack of background clutter.


His paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story


                                           .............BAPU BOMMALA RAMAYANAM .........




























 His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build. All his female characters have doe eyes, a Waist-hip , voluptuous breasts, long hair and a sharp nose. The phrase Bapu Bomma ("Bapu's painting") has become synonymous with a 'Beautiful Telugu Girl"






 Bapu got inspired with Indian sculptures....
                      and he started painting his unique style of art.......









































. Another character called Rendu Jadala Seeta ("Seeta with two plaits") became a synonym for any girl wearing her hair in two plaits.





BAPU CARTOONS








Bapu has also introduced a new style of cursive writing in Telugu. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art.



Bapu paintings also decorated the cover pages of many magazines in India and Abroad.





 Telugu Naadi Magazine published from USA for Telugu audience have published Bapu's great paintings. Bapu also later served on their advisory board to guide and have an outstanding content for the magazine that catered to Telugu people.


































































This is the short description on "Great BAPU"
                                        Very inspiring ART Guru.......








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