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Khetanchi is known for painting petite female figures, Rajput women, Rajasthani village women and forts, as well as adapting classical European paintings to Indian versions. [2] [3] [7] [9] Another form associated with him is calendar kitsch. [10] Distinguishing features of his style are uniqueness, delicacy and swiftness of drawing. [7]
Mandana art work on the walls of Rajasthani mud huts from Shilpgram, Udaipur In recent times, the practice has become less visible and has been called outdated. [ 2 ] Conservation efforts, such as those of Koshalya Devi from Baran , have been engaged in preserving and conserving the traditional white chalk on red background Mandana drawings. [ 2 ]
Krishna and Radha, attributed to Nihal Chand, a master of the Kishangarh miniature school trained at the imperial court in Delhi. [1]Apart from the architecture of Rajasthan, the most notable forms of the visual art of Rajasthan are architectural sculpture on Hindu and Jain temples in the medieval era, in painting illustrations to religious texts, beginning in the late medieval period, and ...
Bani Thani, Kishangarh miniature from c. 1750, at the National Museum, New Delhi. Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became.
The Bikaner style of painting is a Rajasthani style of Indian painting developed in the city of Bikaner, capital of Bikaner State. It is one of the many schools of Rajput painting that developed in the late 17th century with the help of artists from the imperial Mughal workshops, who dispersed after these were run down in the reign of Aurangzeb ...
Marwar painting is known for its rich iconography, which includes deities, animals, birds, and plants. The paintings often depict scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as local legends and folktales. The artists also draw inspiration from nature, incorporating images of birds, flowers, and other natural elements into their work.
Such painting continued into the 19th century in forts, like those at Mandawa, Nawalgarh and Mahansar, all in Jhunjhunu district, as well as temples and chhatris, often using a richer palette. Apart from a few temples and chhatris, merchant monuments predating an 1818 treaty between Jaipur and the new British regime were lightly painted ...
Sawai Jai Singh had a large collection of Mughal, Deccani and Rajasthani paintings and some Jaipur paintings of this period seems linked to art of Muhammad Shah era. Still, more usual are the many ragamala sets of the mid-century that convert the pavilion in the terrace scene and flatten the architecture (see illustration of Ragini Madhumadhavi ...