Mysore/Mysuru, July 23 -- S.R. Iyengar is a pioneer of early modern art, says Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat

A four-day exhibition of paintings by former Mysore Palace artist late S.R. Iyengar opened this morning at the Wadiyar Centre for Architecture (WCFA) on Krishnaraja Boulevard Road.

The exhibition, featuring 16 paintings and portraits by Iyengar created between 1940 and 1985, along with several awards and prizes he won, will remain open from 10 am to 6 pm daily until July 26 (Saturday).

Inaugurating the exhibition, veteran artist and Kalidas Samman awardee Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat hailed S.R. Iyengar (1898-1985) as a pioneer of early modern art. He recalled that several artists migrated to Mysuru following the fall of the Vijayanagar Emp...