Laxma Goud (b. 1940, Andhra Pradesh, India) is recognised for his graceful, yet powerful line drawings, etchings and watercolours that depicted man's interaction with nature. Goud's work recreates the landscape as if it were frozen in time, with colour, innocence, simplicity, and flora and fauna indicative of the bucolic naivety. In operatic etchings, pastels, charcoal, drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Goud renders heroes in extravagant armour, multicoloured mythological goddesses, and the lives of rural townspeople with equal dynamism and drama. Goud draws on his childhood in rural India and incorporates traditional tribal ornaments and elements of Indian dress, such as lungis and saris. His works also dabble in eroticism, often featuring genitalia and suggestive poses amid the pastoral tableaux.
Goud earned a diploma in drawing and painting from the Government College of Art and Architecture, Hyderabad, and later studied mural painting and printmaking at M.S. University, Baroda. Goud has exhibited in New York, Mumbai, New Delhi, London, Washington D.C., Munich, Taiwan, Geneva, and Amsterdam. His works are in the collection of the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, and the Glenbarra Art Museum. He is the most represented artist in the esteemed Herwitz collection.
The artist lives and works in Hyderabad, India.