K. C. S. Paniker

K. C. S. Paniker
Born	(1911-05-31)31 May 1911 Veliyankode, Malabar District, British India (present day Malappuram, Kerala, India)
Died	16 January 1977(1977-01-16) (aged 65) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Abstract painter
Children	2, S. Nandagopal (son)
Relatives	Bhaskar Menon (son-in-law)

Kolozhi Cheerambathur Sankara Paniker (31 May 1911 – 16 January 1977) was an Indian metaphysical and abstract painter from Malabar District.^[1] He interpreted the country's age-old metaphysical and spiritual knowledge in the 1960s, when Indian art was under the influence of the Western painters. "That was the time when a few Indian artists were trying to break out of this Western influence and establish an idiom and identity of their own", he said.

In 1976, he was awarded the highest award of the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, the Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi for lifetime contribution.