About Magunta Dayakar

Magunta Dayakar, an acclaimed portrait painter, is also nationally known for his Lightscape Paintings. He was born in a village of Andhra Pradesh. His work has been praised by critiques who have compared it with Rembrandt’s chiaroscuro and also with Turner and Manet’s works. Allover the Globe his work is evoking curiosity in art circles. People have praised him for his style in painting . But he has always said, he never consciously thought of style. He believes style evolves on its own when the artist works continuously with involvement. A number of news papers and magazines published articles on his work. He has also written five books on art & creativity.
Coca Cola India (Gurgaon) decorated its Corporate office exclusively with his paintings in 2008.
Spectra, Doon School and many other national and international companies and institutions collected his works. Prestigious art galleries of New Delhi, Art alive and Chawla art galleries sold his works.
and he is a successful novelist in Telugu with more than 35 novels to his credit. He scripted, acted and directed two Telugu feature films also. He is running Creative Painting School in Hyderabad since the last 12 years.

-Magunta Dayakar