Trotsky Marudu

In this Indian name, the name Maruthappan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Marudu.
Kalaimamani
Trotsky Marudu
Chairperson of
M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 November 2024
Appointed byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
Preceded byW. Rajesh
Personal details
Born (1953-08-12) 12 August 1953 (age 71)[1]
Madurai, Madras State
(now Tamil Nadu), India
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materMadras College of Arts and Crafts
ProfessionVisual arts
AwardsKalaimamani

Maruthappan Marudu (born 12 August 1953), popularly known as Trotsky Marudu, is an Indian contemporary artist known for line drawing, animation, storyboard and computer graphics. Marudu has also worked as Art director and VFX creative director for many films and is a pioneer in using computer for painting.[2] He holds a diploma and a post-diploma in painting from the Madras College of Arts and Crafts and his collection of paintings have been exhibited in many countries like Australia, the UK, the US, France, Finland and many parts of India.[3][4][5]

Marudu's paintings is a blend of traditional and modern art, mostly figurative and later creeped into semi abstract figurative works. He also shifted his focus slowly into illustration, animation, digital art, photography and his passion towards comic books merged all arts into a single body. He opined that, "The gap between modern painting, illustrations and photography has been bridged, with the computer serving as an all-encompassing platform. Future artists will work like this as multimedia has become a language by itself,".[6]

Marudu has also published many books,[7][8][9][10] and 'Kaalathin Thiraicheelai', a collective collection of Tamil intellectuals view on Marudu-the person, was also published as a book.[11]

  1. ^ "தந்தை பெரியார் முத்தமிழ்மன்றம் பெரியார் விருதுபெற்றோரின் வாழ்க்கைக் குறிப்பு". Viduthalai. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. ^ Saravanan, T (12 September 2012). "Drawing attention". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ Muralidharan, Kavitha (31 May 2005). "Haute hoardings". India Today. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. ^ "M Trotsky Marudu - Painter & Illustrator". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Famous artistes' work adorn walls of Chennai rail museum". Deccan Chronicle. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ Lakshmi, K (10 February 2008). "An unending quest for creativity". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. ^ "கோடுகளும் வார்த்தைகளும் - Kodugalum Vaarththaigalum". Noolulagam.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "கார்டூனாயணம் பேற்றிஞர் அண்ணாவைப் பற்றிய கேலிச்சித்திரங்களும் சித்திரத்தொகுப்புகளும்". Discovery Book Palace. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ "ஓவியர் டிராட்ஸ்கி மருதுவின் தமிழ் மன்னர்களின் புறம் குறித்த ஓவிய தொகுப்பு". Keetru.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  10. ^ Menon, Radhika (2003). Line and circle. London: Mantra Lingua. ISBN 9781844440191.
  11. ^ "காலத்தின் திரைச்சீலை- ஓவியர் மருது நினைவலைகள் விழா!". Andhimazhai. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2017.