• Marupu Venkatesam

Vaddadi Papaiah was the veteran modern artist in the field of Telugu painting art. He was born on September 10, 1921 to Mahalakshmi and Ramamurthy in Srikakulam, popularly known as Sikkolu. At the age of five, he drew a picture of Hanuman. At the age of five, Papaiah drew a picture of Hanuman. Important scenes from Ramayana, Bharata, Bhagavata and Puranas, the colourful world of tunes, stars, full moon, festivals, images of celebrities, emotions, imaginary world, social structures, and sky is the limit for the lively paintings of Sri. Vaddadi Papaiah. These are all the main themes of the greatest of all the times in the world of art of Vaddadi Papaiah, the veteran modern artist. The duration between 1960 and 1990 was really a golden age for children and adults who loved the art and who wanted to see the imaginative mythological characters in the real form. During the half century between 1942 and 1990, he painted thousands of colours and monochrome pictures. He used to convert the character descriptions of the sages Valmiki, Vyasa, and poet Potana etc. into colours and turn each image into a colourful visual feist and all those pictures and paintings were liked by the all sects and categories of people in the society. His pictures were used for the depiction of characters and settings in mythological films. A vast empire can be seen in his miniature paintings. Vaddadi Papaiah has many specialties that many other Telugu painters do not have, both professionally and personally. He drew many mythological paintings. Along with them, he achieved many other peculiar things like giving life to the imaginative themes, which no other painter in the country could dare not even to do, think, or imagine like him, which was his speciality throughout his life. 2021 is his centenary birth year. On this occasion, we all should memorize his talents and skills in the field of art.

Vaddadi Papaiah, A great Telugu Artist A versatile and peculiar artist on Telugu Land

"Vaddadi Papaiah, A great Telugu Artist A versatile and peculiar artist on Telugu Land", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.g193-g199, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212631.pdf

"Vaddadi Papaiah, A great Telugu Artist A versatile and peculiar artist on Telugu Land", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppg193-g199, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212631.pdf