Elayaraja - Another artist to fall victim of Covid-19

Reputed artist Swaminathan Elayaraja, known for reintroducing realism in portrait painting, passed away on Monday due to COVID-19. He was 43 years old.

One of the realistic paintings by the artist (left), and Artist S Elayaraja (19/04/1979 - 07/06/2021) Source: S Elayaraja

Kulasegaram reflects on painter Elayaraja and his work.

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You can listen to the interview artist Swaminathan Elayaraja gave SBS Tamil in 2014 by following these links.