Bengal Folk Paintings

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The subject of Indian folk paintings is as diverse as the Indian cultural milieu itself. Indian folk art painting includes a brilliant battery of calendar and wall paintings, oil, canvas and cloth paintings, cave paintings... Indian folk art paintings usually deal with pictorial depictions of popular Hindu deities... paintings of the sun, the moon and even some plants and flowers... Folk paintings are very fetching and a visual treat, as they employ vibrant and natural colours and papers, clothes, leaves, earthen pots, mud walls and so on, as their canvas to paint on... each region presented its own unique folk art in its own unique way, thereby creating a brilliant kaleidoscope of colours and designs in its paintings...
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Kalighat Paintings are a group of paintings, which have their roots in cultural upheavals of 19th century colonial Bengal. Kalighat Paintings are a legacy, which help us understand the mode of life at the time of their creation and immortalise events which would otherwise be lost to future generations. Kalighat paintings were mainly depictions of Hindu gods and goddesses including their various incarnations. But over a period of time the influences expanded and Kalighat Paintings became a reflection of the society of their time. The artists used this medium to record their impressions of the dynamic social environment they lived in. Here you find the best of Indian art paintings in this collection of folk art paintings from various regions of India. These Indian paintings depict Indian life through various schools of Indian art. Some painting have a very old style and some are relatively modern paintings.

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