Saraswati Foundation artist profile
Laxma Goud
Painter, printmaker and draughtsman whose work moves between line, etching and watercolor, often tracing the relationship between people and nature in rural landscapes.
Biography
Laxma Goud was born in 1940 in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, and lives and works in Hyderabad. He received a diploma in drawing and painting from Government College of Art and Architecture, Hyderabad, in 1963, and later studied mural painting and printmaking at M.S. University, Baroda. His practice spans line drawings, etchings and watercolours, with recurring attention to the body, the land and the interdependence of human and natural forms.
Awards & Honours
- Andhra Pradesh State Lalit Kala Akademi awards, 1962, 1966 and 1971
- State Lalit Kala Award
- Silver Medals from Hyderabad Art Society
- Gold Medals from Hyderabad Art Society
- Prafulla Dahanukar Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015
- Padma Shri, 2016
Exhibitions & Residencies
Selected exhibitions include a solo presentation at Art Alive Gallery in 2012 and the retrospective Laxma Goud 40 Years at Aicon Gallery, New York.
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Selected Works
No selected Foundation artwork is presented here because no verified Saraswati Foundation collection match is available for this artist.