Chennai Government College of Fine Arts Marks 175 Years of Legacy

Chennai's Government College of Fine Arts in Egmore celebrated its 175th anniversary on October 3, highlighting its journey from a 19th-century crafts school.

Sculptor Devi Prasad Roy Choudhury served as the school's first Indian principal in 1929, establishing a formal academic curriculum divided into painting and modeling streams.

Alumnus KCS Paniker later served as principal in 1957 and pioneered the modernist Madras Art Movement in the 1960s.