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Sikh artwork exists in many forms, such as miniature, oil, and watercolour paintings, murals, and wood carvings. The first Sikh artists were influenced by the Pahari and Mughal schools, however the ushering in of European influences during the colonial-age would transform Sikh art by adoping Western methods and tastes for artwork.
Sikh painting is a form of Sikh art style spread from Punjab Hills to the Punjab Plains which flourished between the 18th to 19th centuries. Major centres for the art school was Lahore, Amritsar, Patiala, Nabha, Kapurthala and Jind. Artists from surrounding regions migrated to Punjab seeking patronage for varying reasons.
Trilok Singh Chitarkar (1914-1990) was a versatile Indian painter. He has unique style of presenting himself through variety of themes - Sikh religion, history, culture, folk lore, love legends, portraits, social evils, nature, illustration of Gurbani, Shabads, visuals in Punjabi Encyclopedia and books. [1]
Self-portrait of Bishan Singh, detail from a painting of Sikh Empire-era Amritsar from the 19th century. Bishan Singh was born in 1836 into a Ramgarhia family of artists that flourished in the 19th century who operated in Lahore and Amritsar. [7] [8] [9] He had a brother, whom also was an artist, named Kishan Singh. [7]
The G. S. Sohan Singh Artist Memorial Trust is his namesake organization which was founded by his sons and grandson for the purpose of promoting the Sikh school of art. [ 2 ] A granddaughter, Kirandeep Kaur, has authored two Punjabi books, one being on Sohan Singh and his legacy, Darvesh Chitrakar (2015) on G. S. Sohan Singh, and Hastakhar on ...
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
Gian Singh Naqqash (1883 – 1953) was a Punjabi Sikh artist who specialized in naqqashi and mohrakashi methods. [1] [2] [3] He was a fresco painter and worked at the Golden Temple for more than 33 years.
After observing the foreign artists, Kapur Singh would adopt their techniques of oil and watercolour painting and become a master in it himself. However, Kapur also delved in producing miniatures. [7] Kapur Singh is noted for being the only late-19th century Sikh artist who successfully made the transition toward oil painting in the western ...