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This painting as a form of wall art was practiced widely throughout the region; the more recent development of painting on paper and canvas mainly originated among the villages around Madhubani, and it is these latter developments that led to the term "Madhubani art" being used alongside "Mithila Painting." [8] The paintings were traditionally ...
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]
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.
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] She is an instructor at the Madhubani Art Institute, located in Madhubani, in Bihar. [11]
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.
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 .
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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]