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Nepalese Painting or Nepali Painting begins with the religious paintings with Hindu and Buddhist subjects, almost all Newa art by the Newari people of the Kathmandu valley. These traditional paintings can be found in the form of either wall paintings, cloth paintings called paubha, or manuscripts. They used conservative technique, style, and ...
Paubha painting showing Vishnu Mandala (15th century). Waumha Tara (Green Tara) A paubhā (Devanagari: पौभा) is a traditional religious painting made by the Newar people of Nepal. [1] Paubhas depict deities, mandalas or monuments, and are used to help the practitioners in meditation. The Tibetan equivalent is known as Thangka.
The murals on the walls of two 15th-century monasteries in the former kingdom of Mustang in the Nepal Himalaya provide illustrations of Newar works outside the Kathmandu Valley. [6] Stone sculpture, wood carving, repoussé art and metal statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities made by the lost-wax casting process [ 7 ] are specimens of Newar ...
Sushma Shakya (born 1975), printmaker, illustrator, video artist, and installation artist Deepak Shimkhada (born 1945), Nepali-born painter, Asian art historian, educator, writer, and editor; based in California
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Ashtimki, a wall painting done by Tharus on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami Ashtimki Chitra ( Nepali : अष्टिम्की चित्र , lit. 'Ashtimki painting') is a type of painting drawn on the day of Ashtimki festival celebrated by the Tharu community in the western region of Nepal .
Vasudhara Mandala, by Jasaraja Jirili, Nepal, 1365. One of the earliest Nepalese representations of Vasudhara is a paubha (textile art depicting Hindu and Buddhist images on course cotton), dating back to 1015 C.E. [13] This pauhba is known as the Mandala of Vasudhara. The goddess is the central image of this mandala, which depicts scenes of ...
Manandhar learnt painting related to landscapes, portraits and still life for two years before he was handed to Ramananda Joshi, another prominent Nepalese artist. He studied oil painting with Joshi for the next three years. He then met Ram Chandra Shukla, an Indian abstract artist, during an exhibition in Nepal in 2027 BS (1970-1971).