Indian state paintings and painters

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State Paintings

Pattachitra (Odisha paintings)

Pattachitra is the folk painting of Odishha, painting on cloth and usually linked with the worship of Lord Jagannatha.

Famous artists - Jayadev, Kama Kujara
Picture of Gita govinda depicted in Pattachitra shown below.

Madhubani Painting

Famously called as "Mithila Painting" is a traditional painting culture for Bihar and also some parts of Nepal. These are paintings depicting Kali puja, holi, durga puja and occasions like birth, marriage etc.

Famous madhubhani artists - Jagdamba Devi, Mahasundari Devi (2008),[3] Sita Devi, Godavari Dutt, Bharti Dayal and Bua Devi. They recieved national awards.

 

Palas 

It's a Bengal tradition of miniature painting (painting on small books, papers or cloths)

Rajput painting

Rajputana is the name given to Rajasthan by British. It specifically depicts the style of Ramayana and Mahabharata especially Krishna's life in miniature scripts.

Kangra Painting (Pahari paintings)

Is the official painting of Himalchal Pradesh (kangra). It mainly depicts the love story of Radha and Krishna as well as Bhagavata purna.

 

Mysore Paintings :

An important classical south Indian painting mostly illustrating the themes of Hindu Gods and Goddesses and something about Hindu mythology.

 

Tanjore Painting

This is the native painting style of Tanjore in Tamil Nadu. These paintings are known for their elegence, rich colors and attention to details.Like Mysore paintings,  Tanjore paintings illustrates the themes of Indian Gods, Goddesses and Hindu mythology

Mughal Painting

Mughal paintings were a unique blend of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles and were illustrated in miniatures (small bases like books). 

Mural (wall) paintings were famous in the past of Indian paintings. Huge pattern of large scale works were done on famous caves (around 20 locations)  like Ajanta, Ellora, Bagh, Armamalai, Sittanavasal, 

Others

Wali paintings

This are the typical painting style of Tribal people or so called Adivasis.

Some of the famous Indian Painters/artists and their notable works were discussed here

1. Abanindranath Tagore - Paintings here
2. Rabindranath Tagore - Paintings here
3. Nandalal Bose - Paintings here
4. Raja Ravi Varma - Paintings here
5. MF Hussain - Paintings here
6. Jamini Roy - Paintings here
7. B.G.Sharma - krishnaleela here
8. Tyeb Mehta - paintings here
9. Amrita Sher-Gil - Paintings here
10. Satish Gujral - Art work here
11. Nandlal Bose - Paintings here
12. Bikash Bhattacharya - Paintings here
13. Silpi - art works here

Some other notable artists

• Sunil Das
• Jatin Das
• F.N.Souza
• Gopal Rao
• Kalipada Ghoshal
• Manishi Dey
• Mukul Chandra Dey
• S G Thakur Singh
• Maniam
• Norman Douglas Hutchinson

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_painting
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