An Artist from Bangalore who painted like Van GoghA talk at the Watercolour Society of Queensland Inc

On July 6th at 10:30am, Mr. Sanjay Kabe will give a talk on the renowned Artist from Bangalore Shri Rumale Chennabasaviah. Sanjay Kabe will join from India via zoom meeting and members of Watercolour society of Queensland will attend the talk at 140 Weller Rd. Tarragindi. The event is the first of its kind event where the collaboration between an Indian Art house is established. Sanjay Kabe who currently looks after the Rumale Art House is more than grateful for this opportunity where the Watercolor Society of Queensland inc. will also keep the prints of Shri Rumale Chennabasaviah at its Annual Exhibition happening in September from 8th to 10th.

A little brief about who is Shri Rumale Chennabasaviah?

Rumale Chennabasaviah was born on September 10, 1910 in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru district. He was a freedom fighter, an activist, and an artist. He participated in the nonviolent freedom movement for India’s Independence during the period 1930 to 1947. Shri Rumale often thought of his works in watercolour paintings as a message to the viewer. Thus, through his art and his social work in nation building he built the youth movement “The Seva Dal” to train youths, across the religious and socio-economic divide and induced the idea of service to work for the nation- India. Shri Rumale also served as the Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Mysore for two terms from 1952-1960. He was the editor of the Kannada daily called the ‘Tainadu’.

For Rumale, Art was his first love, hence he enrolled himself to study art at the Kalamandir School of Art. He also joined the renowned Chamarajendra Technical Institute, in Mysore to pursue a career in art. For more than three decades, Shri Rumale has created a body of work inspired by nature, based in the impressionist style of art. Most of his works are plein-air paintings done in fast brush strokes and vibrant colours. He often painted the beautiful landscapes of Karnataka, the south of India as far as reaching Sri-Lanka. Rumale has immortalized the floral beauty of Bengaluru through his paintings.

He loved trekking which made him travel to the top of mountains to get that perfect view to paint the landscape in front of him. He often took his painting gear with him on his trekking expeditions. In the year 1973, Shri Rumale Chennabasaviah started Bengaluru's first private art gallery, and called it the Rumale Art Gallery, with a view to get a dedicated space to display his works. Shri Rumale received several awards for his artwork, including the Dasara, Lalit Kala,

All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society and Karnataka State Rajyotsava awards.

In February of 1988, he passed away because of the injuries he suffered through an accident in Bengaluru. That same year, Shri Rumale was posthumously conferred the status of the Distinguished Citizen of Bangalore. Shri Rumale thus is the painter-laureate of Bengaluru. Please join the Watercolour Society’s Casual Painting session on July 6th for the talk and to see as well as know about Shri Rumale Chennabasaviah’s Art.