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AMARNATH VISWANATH

Lives and works in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
www.viswanath.de

Amarnath Viswanath is a German resident, born in India After retirement, Amarnath moved back to Germany and

on 20. June 1941. After graduating with a B.Sc. degree lives in Refrath, a small town near Cologne, Germany.
in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta, India,
Amarnath started his ceramic career working as a trainee In his early boyhood, Amarnath showed extreme interests
in a ceramic insulator company in Germany. In 1968 he on colors and their structure. Later on his professional
completed his studies at the Ceramic College in Germany career, Amarnath was dealing with the development of
with a degree in Ceramic Engineering. colors and experimenting on new color combinations.
Vast traveling across the globe and thus learning different
As a Ceramic Engineer, Amarnath joined a Color Manufacturer cultures and life, has left an unforgettable memory.
and developed colors and coatings for ceramic products like

Wall- and Floor Tiles, Sanitary wares and Dinnerwares. He was Amarnath uses almost exclusively acrylic colors for his
in charge of the Pigment Development Division and spent 3 paintings. Although he started his painting with abstract
years in Spain for on-site installation of a images, Amarnath tends more and more
new Color plant. His job included lots of towards landscape paintings. Most of
traveling to Africa,Europe and USA assisting the landscape images are remembrance
customers to produce sellable products. of his time spent in USA. Color blue
In 1994 Amarnath went to USA to take is the favorite color of Amarnath as

the position as technical director with can be seen in most of his paintings.
Fusion Ceramics in Ohio who manufacture Amarnath has exhibited his art in
pigments for glass and ceramic products. working group exhibitions including
During this time, Amarnath has published the international Artist’s Organisation’s
several papers in the American Ceramic „IN3ArtWorldWide“ exhibition in Tuscany
Bulletin on colors and Pigments and also Italy. One of his painting is now at the
presented his papers during various annual Aspen Art Gallery, Aspen as a donation
convention of the American Ceramic Society. to the boys and girls Scout at Denver.

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