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Rajasuya-yajna performed by Rama in presence of Guru Vashistha, hanuman, bharat & Shatrughan, depicted in this Paithan painting Chitrakatha, Laxman to protect/guard & royal emblem-the umbrella?
Paithan from Gujarat or Saurashtra(?)
Academy of fine Arts, New Delhi
beautifull Paithan Chitrakatha
Laxman fighting Indrajit lot891 @Sothebys
Art of folk painting used in traditional folk art of story telling-chitrakatha in Maharashtra region
great/rich heritage we had in our Akhand Bharat
Shri Ram & Sita in palanquin
probably Bikaner 1800 painting
lot24 @ChristiesInc
interesting is depiction of holy family Lord Shiv Parvati with Nandi, lion?
cant say whether it is returning to Ayodhya?
काहे को ब्याहे बिदेस, ....बाबुल मोरे
हम तो हैं बाबुल तोरे पिंजरे की चिड़ियाँ
भैया को दियो बाबुल महले दो-महले
हमको दियो परदेस
gender issue transcends boundaries-class/caste?
dreams of young girls r same
paintings by B Prabha ji seems to convey sorrow that they can't spell out
life of women in villages is usual theme in paintings by Smt B Prabha ji, gender issues r prominent
Lady here making flour from grain for her family, in past such works had to be done before dawn, so that breakfast is ready when family wakes up?
1962 oil @Sothebys lot56
chakki?
Two woman by B Prabha
vibrant colours still some sadness silence i heard,
both look so alert, yet emotion of waiting of unknown is evident
she was an artist/painter i liked much due to her themes, most of our rural women, their life/struggle
https://t.co/FD4bjkuqzv selling poster
Over past 100 years, “chintz” has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric, usually made of cotton, glazed. Its origins as a hand-drawn & dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned.
Two interpretation of Aghasur, one old and one new or modern, after ISKCON happened scope, representation of Krishna & his leela changed, as happend when Raja Ravi Varma took brush. ?
Aghasur, a demon, python
Painting 1700s
Agha a community sided with Kans कंस was elder brother of Putna and bakasur