new delhi noted painter manohar devlalikar died here on friday his associates said on saturday devlalikar 75 who had led a bohemian life died in penury they said the painter whose father dattatreya devlalikar taught the art to great names like m f hussain and m s bendre was found dead on the morning of january 10 at the premises of the bahawalpur house at delhis cultural hub of mandi house devlalikar who was unmarried had taken to a gypsy lifestyle for the past two decades and was active in painting and sculpting he used to spend his nights in the lawns of bahawalpur house and was helped by his associate painters and artists he had also taken lessons in classical music from the gandharva mahavidyalaya here the swatantra kalakar sangh in a statement condoled his death saying his colour combination was superb and bold in a statement noted artists ebrahim alkazi and keshav malik lamented that a son of such a great father father of others in the arts dies in such pathetic condition