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Raja Rai Singh was particularly influenced by Mughal art. They painted scenes from the Ragmala, Bhagavata Purana, and Rasalila. What distinguishes the Bikaner style of painting [3] from other Rajasthani styles of painting are finer lines and a more reserved range of colours than what are typically present in Mughal artwork.
He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the king and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha respectively. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm). [ 1 ]
Art from Jodhpur, also known as the Marwar style, is defined by large thick eyes on well-defined physical features. [40] The Kishangarh artists championed the Bani-Thani figures, that is the perfect model of womanhood, and were inspired by Raja Sawant Singh. [41] A unique lyricism, elegance and rhythm characterise these masterpieces.
English: Chitralekha, by Raja Ravi Varma. 50 x 35 cm, The Hemamalini and Ganesh Shivaswamy collection, Bengaluru. Print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma depicts an incident in the Bhagavata. The central figure is Usha, the daughter of Banasura who dreams of a prince, Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna.
Guler State is famous as the birthplace of Kangra painting when in the first half of the 18th century, a family of Kashmiri painters trained in the Mughal painting style sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh (r. 1695–1741) of Guler. The rise of Guler Paintings or Guler style started what is known as the early phase of Kangra art. [3]
Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Vrindavan , a place associated with the life of Krishna and Radha , to whom Sawant Singh was greatly devoted.
English: Painting of Hari Singh Nalwa (1791–1837; his title is alt. spelt as 'Nalva'), a military commander of the Sikh Empire. By Hasan al-Din, Lahore, Punjab, ca ...
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