India Folk painting
A Decorated Tree. India Folk painting. Hand-made paper. Artist Vibhuti, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
The ancient art of folk painting is a living tradition still existing in India. India Folk painting can be divided into two types: executed on ritual occasions devoted to a deity, and the narrative themes from the ancient Indian epics. An enormous stylistic range is evident among the traditions and types of Indian folk painting – from bare essential contours to painstaking, miniature-like rendering of details to the precise, geometrized figural abstractions reminiscent of India’s prehistoric painting. Indian folk painting captures the amazing spectra of the eternal tradition of Indian folk art, and provides a framework for understanding its motives and iconography. Folk Paintings show the evolution of a tradition and even the contrasts within it, made in a beautiful visual form.
A Decorated Tree. detail
Arjuna Saluting Navagunjara – a Composite Figure (Krishna) During His Stay in Khandava Forest. Water Color on Patti. Artist Rabi Behera
Arrival of Science in Village. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Bacchi Devi, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Birds on Tree Top. Folk painting on hand-made paper. Artist Vandana Devi, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Fishes, Tortoises, Snakes and Conch in Ocean. Folk painting on hand-made paper treated with cow dung. Artist Vineeta Karn, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Flora and Fauna. Folk painting on hand-made paper. Artist Soni Devi, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Life in a Hamlet. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Naresh S. Bhoye, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
Life on the Bank of a River. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Dilip A. Parhyad, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
Life on the Bank of a River. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Naresh S. Bhoye, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
Life Sustains on Life. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Naresh S. Bhoye, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
Sunrise in a Village. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Dilip R. Parhyad, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
Taking the Bride Home. detail
Taking the Bride Home. Folk painting on hand-made paper. Artist Manju Devi, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
The Chakra of Life. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Naresh S. Bhoye, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
The Rainy Season (Varsha Ritu). detail
The Rainy Season (Varsha Ritu). detail
The Rainy Season (Varsha Ritu). detail
The Rainy Season (Varsha Ritu). Water Color on Patti. Artist Rabi Behera
The Tree of Life. Folk Painting on hand-made paper by artist Vandana Devi from the Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Tree of Life with Peacock Pair. Folk painting on hand-made paper. Artist Bacchi Devi, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Tree of Life. Folk painting on hand-made paper. Artist Vibhuti Jha, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)
Village Scene. Folk painting on Cotton Fabric. Artist Dilip R. Parhyad, Village of Warli Tribe (Maharashtra)
