C. K. Ra
C. K. Ramakrishnan Nair (1917 – 16 September 1994), popularly known as C.K. Ra, was an Indian painter, writer and teacher of fine arts. An advocate of creative freedom, he was credited with bringing modernism into Kerala painting and heralded the "Ra phase" it. He was the superintendent of the Trivandrum School of Arts and later became the chairman of Kerala Lalita Kala Akademi.