C. S. N. Patnaik

Chowdhary Satyanarayana Patnaik (6 December 1925 – 11 August 2022), commonly known as C. S. N. Patnaik, was an Indian sculptor and painter from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He specialized in fresco and mural painting and bronze sculpting. His paintings incorporated depictions of rural life and its tradition and culture. He sculpted a statue of Mahatma Gandhi which was installed at the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He received the Kala Ratna award in 2006.

Early life Patnaik was born on 6 December 1925 in Badam village in the present-day Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh (then in Madras Presidency). in Madras. He started working as a Karanam, He later worked as a government employee in Education Department in 1955. He moved to Guntur in 1962 and became a lecturer in sculpture in Government College for Women in Guntur. His sculptures established on the Tank Bund Road and Mahatma Gandhi's statue located on the premises of Telangana Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad earned him recognition. In 1975, the University Grants Commission granted him a research fellowship to study metallurgical sculptures and the effect of terracotta over them. As part of the research, he studied the sculpture art in North India.

Personal life Patnaik had four children. and his wife, Sandhya Chowdary Patnaik both who are also artists, established "CSN Patnaik Art Gallery" in MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam, in 2009, to provide a space for exhibiting artwork of other artists. Ravi Shankar worked as a faculty and Head of the Department of the Fine Arts Department of Andhra University. He was one of the noted sculptors in the country.

Death Patnaik died on 11 August 2022 in Visakhapatnam.