Namboodiri, one of India’s most gifted and loved painters, died at a private hospital in Kottakkal late on the night of July 6. He was 98-years-old.
Though he was a versatile artist — he sculpted, and was a State Film Award winner for art direction, too — he was primarily known, especially in his native Kerala, for his line art, in which he had few peers.
Malayalam has a strong tradition in literature and literary magazines, and Namboodiri played a starring role with his beautiful drawings, which were among the major attractions in publications, like Mathrubhumi, Kalakaumudi and Samakalika Malayalam.
