(1938-2007). Studied at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. Recipient of several awards, including the National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi, and awards from the Bombay Art Society and the Hyderabad Art Society. A retrospective of his drawings was held in Chennai in 1997. ‘Between the Lines’, a book on his drawings, was published in 1997. ‘The Art of Adimoolam’, a book on his paintings, was published in 2005.