About A.S. Nair
Lived 1936 – 1988 (aged 51–52). A.S. Nair was an Indian painter and cartoonist.
Athippatta Sivaraman Nair (c. 1930 – 30 June 1988), better known as A. S. Nair or simply A. S., was a painter, illustrator and cartoonist from Kerala, India. He was born in Karalmanna village of Palakkad district and had his training from Madras School of Arts.
He began his career in Jayakerala and Mathrubhumi, where he worked till his last. Most of Nair's works were original illustrations for novels and short stories, most of them published in Mathrubhumi weekly. Illustrations for the Malayalam translation of V. S. Khandekar's Marathi novel Yayati was one of his most noted works.
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Who was A.S. Nair?
Indian artist
When was A.S. Nair born?
A.S. Nair was born in 1936 in Kerala.
When did A.S. Nair die?
A.S. Nair died on 30 June 1988.
What was A.S. Nair's occupation?
A.S. Nair was a painter and cartoonist.
What nationality was A.S. Nair?
A.S. Nair was Indian.
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