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Not acceptable, on a #Caturday at least!
The #Huqqa Smoking King of Rats & his Rat Courtiers Torment a Captured #Cat (for eating a Prawn?) in this c1880 AD #Kalighat painting from #Calcutta #Bengal & now at @britishlibrary UK.
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Maid bringing Hookah to a Lady
c.1890 Kalighat Painting @ClevelandArt
lady in red is fashionable high society concubine or prostitute depicted as hookah-smoking, paan-(betel leaf) chewing. wealth created by East India Company made it possible for Bengali babu to have concubines
@V_and_A scene changes as man goes to other lady's house? who is #economically independent?
man (the lover) squatting to touch feet of a courtesan, by Nibran Chandra Ghosh, Kalighat Painting, Kolkata, ca. 1900 @V_and_A
same happened all over, even in Lucknow. petty so called nawabs
here man strikes the lady & wife trying to ward off her husband's blows
atrocities on women were prevalent not just in Bengal but many other parts too.
domestic violence, by Nibaran Chandra Ghosh, Kalighat painting, Kolkata, ca. 1900 @V_and_A
can you make out what's story? not Elokeshi?
@V_and_A says wife at bowing at feet of her husband? he pulls sari & prepares to strike her?
domestic violence, by Nibaran Chandra Ghosh, Kalighat Painting, Kolkata, ca. 1900
নৃসিংহ | Narasimha
Kalighat, #Kolkata
Watercolour and Tin Alloy on paper
1835-1840
Currently @V_and_A
This is in the elaborate and sophisticated style of the early Kalighat pats.
#NarasimhaJayanti
Title: Narasimha and Hiranyakasipu
Date: ca. 1835 - ca. 1840
Place: Kolkata
Style: Kalighat
Medium: Watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
@AmitGuha2020 @HistorianDurba @talesofBharat @ArjunKamalesh @JoelBordeaux @CMASonya @Hiranyareta @kaarakam
Shiva, ca. 1890, Kalighat Style. Courtesy- Victoria & Albert Museum. Description- Shiva being revived after drinking poison, that originated from the sea where Devas (Gods) and Asuras (demons) churned the ocean in order to obtain Amrita.
@kaarakam @Hiranyaa_ @AmitGuha2020 #art
Jatayu with Ravana and Sita,
Painting Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1830 @V_and_A
Jatayu did his best to fight & protect Mother Sita
it's better to fight or raise voice instead of mute spectator
that's adharm
tow versions one theme
Shri Ram with Devi Sita & Lakshaman & Hanuman
Kalighat Painting, water colour on paper, with tin alloy @V_and_A
1. 1860 AD
2. 1850
with slight change of brush-line bhaav changes, all depend on painter-artists
as a disciple visions thru Guru!
beautifull depiction of event of Kama shooting at Shiva
see how lively bhaav on every face has come out with simple line brush & colour combination?
that's magic of perfect hand of artist
Painting, watercolour & tin alloy on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890 @V_and_A
A lesser seen Kalighat pat version of mythological narrative of Vishnu&Ananta Nag ,Kalighat ca. 1850-1870 @V_and_A @DalrympleWill @errfanseye @ssharadmohhan @ranjona @hemantsarin @AmitGuha2020 @BasuAshis @rangan_datta @ghosh_gopali #artwork #mythologymonday #arthistory #culture
Wrestling
Malla Yudh? traditional sport, pehelwan & pehelwani+Akhada were common story at everywhere
those pagdi-truban men standing indicate during British period?
similar to Kalighat style painting from @ExploreWellcome
The Kalighat school was marked by disenchantment & satire & there was no despair in an existential sense.
Shiva:17x11 Inches.
Natural Pigment on Paper.
#kalighatpainting #kalighatart #art #bengalart #indianart #artonline #indianart #artgallery #buyartonline #livingwithart
These glorious film posters created in Jamini Roy's style of painting, influenced by Kalighat patachitra.
Artwork: Saptarshi Dey
(from the Facebook page of dozokhnama)
all depicting same bhaav
सजना है मुझे सजना के लिए
in #Kalighat #paintings
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