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Shakuntala seeks blessing from sage Kanva, who blesses her union with Dushyanta
Her friends-Sakhi shown with flower baskets
photo from @britishlibrary
from Kirloskar production, Shakuntala, early 1880s. Source: Mujumdar’s
Annasaheb Kirloskar Yanche Caritra(1904)
marathi theatre
Photograph Marathi theatrical troupe in Bombay
Lee-Warner Collection 1870s @britishlibrary
theatre in Maharashtra has long tradition, incorporating songs & dances, popular form of folk theatre developed as Tamasha. Natya Sangeet is well classified music. Women didn't acted
Man with flower pot. Ideal idea for gift. Flowering plant. Painting by
ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975)
@ChristiesInc
Painter of old Indian school, disciple of Samarendranath Gupta, a pupil of Abanindranath Tagore. Indian but became Pakistani after 1947
Copy of Painting inside the Caves of Ajanta (cave 2)
John Griffiths (1837–1918) and Students from the Bombay School of Art @V_and_A
i don't know how to share it in full for its beautifull appearance
Beautifull Door i found for my #DoorsOfIndia tag
but its painted window shutter from Kutch, Gujarat, 19th Century @Sothebys lot215
so many motifs are painted, animals, flora fauna? & couple
rich craft handicraft we have
DVADASA BHAV: Mrigank in China? Surrounded by followers mughal painting
Mughal court artist at Allahabad, 1600-1605 @ChristiesInc
What's story? can you decipher? In background lady shown kicking a man? Is it he who fell unconscious? Ascetic discussing with disciples
द्वादश भाव?
Hungarian gypsy girl Painting by Amrita Shergil, 1932
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
Oil on Canvas
Basket weaver, Patna Kalam, Company School painting by Bani Lal of Patna; c. 1880
here too women seems not behind men, they work together hand to hand with men? or even sometimes more too!
woman & Man carrying Ganges water, painting from Trichinopoly, ca.1860 @V_and_A trichirapalli (Trichy)?
reminds of Kavad yatra! #कांवड़_यात्रा काँवड़ यात्रा