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Patachitra (or Pattachitra in Odisha) is an old traditional art of Odisha and West Bengal: Area: Raghurajpur, Puri, Danda Sahi, Parlakhemundi, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Sonepur, Dharakote (Odisha) [1] [2] Birbhum, West Midnapore, Nayagram of Pingla block in Jhargram, Bardhaman, Murshidabad district and Kalighat region (West Bengal) [3] [4] Country ...
The Indian state West Bengal has a rich cultural heritage. Due to the reign of many different rulers in the past, arts and crafts in West Bengal underwent many changes giving an artistic diversity today in the forms of traditional handicrafts, terracotta, painting and carving, dances and music.
The exact origin of Kalighat painting is a matter of debate and speculation among art critics and historians, for there exists no historical account which records a specific date or traces the beginnings of this type of painting, which was established by the patuas at Kalighat. Material evidence such as the type of paper and colors used in the ...
The Bengal Patachitra refers to the painting of West Bengal. It is a traditional and mythological heritage of West Bengal . The Bengal Patachitra is divided into some different aspects like Durga Pat , Chalchitra , Tribal Patachitra , Medinipur Patachitra , Kalighat Patachitra etc. [ 45 ] The subject matter of Bengal Patachitra is mostly ...
The Academy of Fine Arts, in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is one of the oldest fine arts societies in India. [1] The galleries of the Academy provide a whopping 6,300 square feet of space and has an auditorium, a conference centre, and several important and priceless collections of paintings, textiles, etc. [2]
The Jorasanko Thakur Bari was built in 1784 by Nilmoni Thakur in Jorasanko in the north of Kolkata. The land on which this ancestral home stands today was donated by the famous Sett family (not to be confused with Seth) of Burrabazar to Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, who was the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore. Dwarkanath Tagore was the adopted ...
Ganesh Pyne (Bengali: গণেশ পাইন) (11 June 1937 – 12 March 2013) [2] was an Indian painter [3] and draughtsman, born in Kolkata, West Bengal.Pyne is one of the most notable contemporary artists of the Bengal School of Art, who had also developed his own style of "poetic surrealism", fantasy and dark imagery, around the themes of Bengali folklore and mythology.
The traditional occupation of the Patua is scroll painting, image making and other decorative work. They paint pictures on coarse pieces of cloth, depicting images of Hindu gods and goddesses. These paintings are referred to as Patas (পট). Like other Muslim artisan groups in India, they have seen a decline in their traditional occupation ...