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Madhubani art (also known as Mithila art) is a style of painting practiced in the Mithila region of India and Nepal. It is named after the Madhubani district of Bihar, India, which is where it originated. [1] Jitwarpur, Ranti and Rasidpur are the three most notable cities associated with the tradition and evolution of Madhubani art. [1]
Sita Devi (1914–2005) was an Indian artist, specializing in painting in the Madhubani tradition. She is one of the most well-known Madhubani artists from India, and was one of the first to receive national recognition for the art form, receiving a number of awards for her work including the Padma Shri (one of India's highest civilian honors) in 1981, as well as the Bihar Ratna Samman in 1984.
Karpoori Devi (1929–30 July 2019) [1] was an Indian folk artist, known for painting in the Madhubani art tradition and creating textile art in the Sujni tradition. who achieved both critical and commercial success by selling Madhubani art.
Ganga Devi (1928 – 21 January 1991) [1] was an Indian painter, [2] considered by many as one of the leading exponents of Madhubani painting tradition. [3] She is credited with popularizing the Madhubani painting outside India. [4]
Mithila painting was traditionally done on huts' freshly plastered mud walls, but today it is also done on cloth, handmade paper, and canvas. Famous Mithila painters have included Smt Bharti Dayal, Mahasundari Devi, the late Ganga Devi, and Sita Devi. Mithila painting is also called Madhubani art. It mostly depicts human beings and their ...
Mahasundari Devi (15 April 1922 – 4 July 2013) was an Indian artist and Madhubani painter. [3] She was awarded the Tulsi Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1995, and in 2011 she received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India .
The exhibition, titled 'Painting is My Everything', curated by Qamar Adamjee, was named after a quote taken from Devi's description of her own career as an artist. [10] In addition to painting, Devi has completed a number of murals for the Central and state governments in India, and teaches Madhubani art techniques to children. [2]
Over the past five decades, Madhubani art has grown in prominence and Baua Devi's work has won critical acclaim [6] [7] —she was the only woman artist from India to show at the Magiciens de la Terre in 1989 at the Centre Pompidou. [8] Her work ranges in scale from a small sheet of paper to murals up to 20 feet high. [9]