types of indian painting

Types of Indian Painting

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1. Kalighat Paintings• Started in the 19th century, Bengal, India.• Kalighat Paintings are started by artist who does scroll

paintings.• Scroll Paintings famous in rural areas. • These painters are known as artist troubadour. • They started learning new techniques of painting with

watercolor on thin paper.• They come to Calcutta but British conditions are making

difficulty for them to adjust therefore they went to Kalighat Temple where they found opportunity, demand of religious art and settled at local areas.

• And ‘Kalighat Paintings’ are born.



2. Kangra Paintings• Kangra Painting is a pictorial art of Kangra. • It became famous when Basohli School of painting became

hazy during 18th centure. • Kangra Paintings main centres were Basohli, Chamba,

Bilaspur, Guler, Nurpur and Kangra.• These paintings are belonging to the school of Pahari Paintings

that was favors by the Rajput rulers between the 17th and 19th centuries.

• Kangra Paintings colors made from vegetables, leaves and minerals which provide real, fresh and cool colors.

• Theme of Kangra Painting is Shringar (erotic sentiment) based on Radha and Krishna love story.



3. Madhubani Painting• Madhubani (Madhu means Honey & Ban means forest of

woods) means Forest of Honey• Madhubani Painting also called as Mithila Painting• Womens have real intense desire for Madhubani Art• Womens of Brahman, Dusadh and Kayastha communities

painted Mithila or Madhubani Paintings in Mithla Region of Nepal & India.

• It was said that the time of Ramayana when Lord Rama wedding to the King Janaka’s daughter Sita, King Janaka called artists for decorating his Palace.

• This art is accepted by many religions women including Sikh, Muslims. Five types of Madhubani Art are:-

• Bharni, Katchni, Tantrik,Godna & Gobar.



4. Mughal Painting• Mughal Painting is one of the most finest and rich art form of

India.• Mughal Painting manifest of unique alliance of Islamic, Indian

and Persian traditions.• These are Court painting of Safavid Iran, Indigenous Indian

devotional manuscript illumination and Indo-Persian or Sultanate Painting.

• Mughal Paintings become existence during the mughal emperor, Humayun (1530-1540 & 1555-1556).

• Famous Mughal Paintings of Humayun Time is “Tutinama (Tales of a Parrot)” which is in museum of Cleveland, Ohio (USA).



5. Mysore Painting• Mysore Painting is an important and rich traditional art form of

South India which started from town Mysore, Karnataka, India. • Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1780-1865 AD) was a great

expert in field of art and provides extending support to dance, music, sculpture, painting and literature.

• Krishnaraja Wodeyar gives boost to the artists of Mysore School through his creation ‘Sritattvanidhi’ which Mysore Style was known as for many years.

• Jagan Mohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka the portraits of historical Mysore rulers, family members and important personalities are seen on walls, through self portraits of artists which Krishna Wodeyar influence them to paint.



6. Pahari Painting• Pahari (Pahar means Mountain in India) Painting is style of

miniature forms originated in Himalayan Hill Kingdoms of North India between 17th to 19th centuries.

• In Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh (States of India) these pahari paintings are known as Rajput Paintings.

• Pahari paintings have many styles such as Basohli Painting, Chamba Paintings, Garhwal Paintings, Guler Kangra Paintings, Jammu Paintings, Kulu Paintings, Mankot Paintings and Mandi Paintings.

• Pahari School comes in existence during 17th to 19th centuries in the sub-Himalayan India. This started the new patois of Indian Painting this was deigned mostly by the Rajput Kings.



7. Pattachitra Paintings• Pattachitra is an Orissa (State of India) word but in sanskrit

“patta means canvas or cloth and chitra means picture”. Pattachitra is traditional paintings of Orisa, India.

• These paintings featuring the old paintings of Kalinga Region dating back to the 5th century BC mainly found on religious areas that are Puri, Konark and Bhubaneshwar Region.

• It is the one of the oldest and famus form of art in Orrisa. • The themes of paintings are based on scenes from religious

epics like Radha Krishna, Lord Jagannath, Vishnu based on ‘Gita Govinda’ of Jayadev, Ramayana, Mahabharata.

• There are different categories which have Pattachitra Painting based on like Jagannath Paintings, Vaishnav Paintings, Ramayana Paintings, Bhagabat Paintings.



8. Rajput Painting• Rajput Paintings also known as “Rajasthani Paintings” started

during 16th and 17th century.• It is miniature painting style related with the royal courts of the

Rajputs (Son of a King), this style also found on the Rajput Forts, Rajput Havelis (Mansions), Shekhawati Havelis builted by Shekhawati Rajputs or Rajput Palaces.

• Rajput Paintings are of two different types that are Rajasthani Style which related with the Rajput Courts in Rajasthan and Pahari Style related to the Rajput Courts of the Himalayan Foothills.

• Four major Rajasthani Art Schools were:-• The Mewar School, The Marwar School,The Hadoti School,The

Dhundar School.



9. Tanjore Painting• Tanjore Painting is a very rich art form of Tamil Nadu, South

India from last two centuries. This art was founded in Thanjavur (Tanjore) city during 16th century of Nayakas and Marathas Invasion.

• Thanjavur Paintings have impact of Vijayanagar, Maratha, Deccani and European style painting. There are more proofs of Tanjore Paintings that they were represent in other religions also such as Sikh, Jain, Muslim and Others.

• The British and Victoria and Albert Museum in United Kingdom have a big collection of Thanjavur Paintings. In India ‘Moochys or Indian Artists’ made these paintings said by Charles Gold in his book ‘Oriental Drawings’ in 1806. Thanjavur Paintings are continuing painted by artists in present era.



10. Warli Painting• Warli Paintings or Varlis Paintings have not final originated time

but some signs tells that it come in existence from 10th century.• Yashodhara Dalmia claimed in her book ‘The Painted World of

theWarlis’ that their culture developed back to 2500 to 3000 BCE.

• Because of their paintings which are similar to the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, India in ancient time. These paintings are compared to the popular paintings of Madhubani Paintings, Bihar.

• Warli Society peoples have their own rules, life, traditions, and beliefs.

• Warli are Indegenous tribe living in marginal areas of Maharashtra –Gujarat border.



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