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'''Athippatta Sivaraman Nair''', better known as '''A. S. Nair''' ({{lang-ml|എ. എസ്. നായർ}}) or simply '''A. S.''', was a [[Painting|painter]], [[illustrator]] and [[cartoonist]] from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He was born in [[Karalmanna]] village of [[Palakkad district]] and had his training from Madras School of Arts.<br />
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He began his career in ''Jayakerala'' and ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'', where he worked till his last. Most of Nair's works were original illustrations for novels and short stories, most of them published in ''Mathrubhumi weekly''.<ref name="Remembered">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/07/08/stories/2004070801000200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108194954/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/07/08/stories/2004070801000200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2012|title=Remembering the maestro of illustration|author=Renu Ramanath|date=8 July 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2011-02-04}}</ref> Illustrations for the Malayalam translation of [[V. S. Khandekar]]'s Marathi novel ''Yayati'' was one of his most noted works.<ref name="Remembered"/> He was known to be the master of illustration in Kerala and has 115 original works, including illustrations and a few paintings to his credit.<ref name="Remembered"/> He died on 30 June 1988, aged just 57.<br />
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''Chitrangal A.S.'' (Current Books), edited by R. J. Prasad, collects Nair's writings, illustrations and covers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Narendranath|first=K. R.|title=A self-made man|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/br/2002/01/08/stories/2002010800140302.htm|newspaper=The Hindu|date=Jan 8, 2002}}</ref><br />
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* [http://www.sethu.org/Sketches.html Sketches by A. S. Nair and other Kerala illustrators]<br />
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