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Thakur Prasad Mainali (born 1934), sculptor, educator; chief of arts and craft department of the Royal Nepal Academy; Kiran Manandhar (born 1957), painter; founding chancellor of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts; Chandra Man Singh Maskey (1900–1984), painter, and illustrator; early 20th century leader in the development of Nepali contemporary art
The sculpture of Nepal is best known for small religious figures and ritual objects in bronze or copper alloy, but also has other strengths. The Newar people of Nepal had a long-lasting specialism in casting small bronze figures, mostly religious and especially Buddhist, considerable numbers of which were exported to India and Tibet over many centuries.
The historical development of the Nepalese handicraft industry is very old although has its rise and falls. According to the reference found in Kautilya's Economics about various productions and exports from Nepal, during the time of Chandra Gupta Mouriya, in the fourth century, Nepal was known for quality rainproof woolen blanket woolen blankets.
Traditional Newar art is basically religious art. Newar devotional paubha painting, sculpture and metal craftsmanship are world-renowned for their exquisite beauty. [ 4 ] The earliest dated paubha discovered so far is Vasudhara Mandala which was painted in 1365 AD ( Nepal Sambat 485). [ 5 ]
Hundreds of artefacts were looted from Nepal as it opened up from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) is the umbrella organization of Nepali artists, researchers and art critics, and an arts institution for research and for exhibitions. [1] A museum in Kathmandu , in a neoclassical building from the 1930s, [ 2 ] presents collections of both traditional and contemporary paintings and other works.
A paubha of Amitabha Buddha at the Los Angeles County Museum is believed to be the earliest specimen which is done in a style dating from the 11th century [6] (Nepal Sambat 485). It is a specimen of the skill of Newar artists that made them sought-after throughout the Himalayan region and as far as China. [ 7 ]
Nepal Art Council (Nepali: नेपाल कला-परिषद्) is a non-profit organization established in 1962 (2019 BS) to promote the art and the artists of Nepal. It operates an art gallery located at Baber Mahal, Kathmandu , [ 1 ] with an area of about 29,400 square feet (2,730 m 2 ).