M.T.V. Acharya (1920 – c. 1992) was a painter, illustrator and art educator, most famous for his work for the popular Indian children's magazine ''

Chandamama ''Chandamama'' was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, known for its illustrations and long-running mythological and magical stories. Originally launched in Telugu language, Telugu by Aluri Chakrapani, Chakrapani and Nagi Reddi, ...

''. Acharya won prizes for his painting during his student days in the Mysore Dasara Exhibition. Initially, he worked with Hindusthan Aircraft in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. His first painting exhibition was in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

in 1945. He joined the

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children's magazine

in 1947, and later became editor of its Kannada version. He painted many covers for Chandamama. Acharya was art director of the Kannada daily '' Tai nadu'' between 1963 and 1965. Later, he founded his own art school in Bangalore, the Acharya Chitrakala Bhavan, which provided lessons and training in painting through correspondence.

Bibliography

Chandamama Art Book
an anthology of artwork by Acharya and other Chandamama artists.

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Indian children's book illustrators Journalists from Karnataka Artists from Mysore Painters from Karnataka Year of death uncertain 1920 births 1990s deaths {{India-artist-stub kn:ಎಂ. ಟಿ. ವಿ. ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ta:எம். டி. வி. ஆச்சார்யா