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Alliance of Ram & Sugriv
Pahari, Mankot painting 1710-25
pic at https://t.co/XvP1JSzJgX
similarity in Leather puppet of Karnataka and Paithan Chitrakatha or Chitrakathi paintings is also point of attraction
such traditional forms were prevalent for story telling, community or nobles patronized these art forms,
performed on special occasions or as ritual too
Babhruvahana & Mongoose fight Serpent Armies
Folio from Mahabharata
Paithan Chitrakatha, i am loving to use chitrakatha instead of painting
Folk Art/painting by folk artists who kept our traditions/heritage alive for centuries & remained unknown
@LACMA
Babhruvahana Surrenders d Sacrificial Horse Syamakarna to His Father Arjuna, Folio from Mahabharata, 1850 painting
Paithan Chitrakatha, Maharashtra, a art form of pictorial story telling, as is miniature painting @LACMA why to tag it as FOLK?
such treasures of OUGHT tob in India
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