Asian Paper Folk Art Artwork

This jubilant painting from Indian artist Vidushini is done in the style of madhubani painting, a very old folk art that people in India once used to decorate the walls and floors of their homes. Colorful birds and fish seem to rejoice in nature's beauty in this cheerful and appealing work.

• Material - Poster color on handmade paper
• Color - Multicolor
• Dimension - 22" L x 15" W
• Weight - 0.09 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Smiling fish swim in unity in this Madhubani painting from the talented Bharti Dayal in India. She creates the harmonious underwater scene on handmade paper in black and white, relieved by red accents. The painting is rendered in exacting detail in the traditional Madhubani or Mithila style, an ancient Indian folk art that was used to decorate the walls and floors of the home.

• Bharti Dayal signs her name on the back of her pieces.
• Material - Vegetable dyes and acrylics on handmade paper
• Color - Black and White
• Dimension - 30.5" L x 22.5" W
• Weight - 0.03 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

The artist Mantu Chitrakar hails from Noya, Midnapore, in West Bengal. At a young age he began patua painting and singing in the nearby villages to earn a living for himself and his family. He has exhibited and demonstrated in India as well as abroad. In 2007 he exhibited at the International Folk Art Convention at the Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh as well as at the Learning Department of the National Museum in Liverpool, UK. His works are at the private collection of American artist and art patron Scott Rothstein, Ann Oppenhimer - President of the Folk Arts Society of America, Dr Stephen Huyler and at the Museum of Visionary Art, Baltimore, USA and National Museums, Liverpool, UK. He continues to exhibit his works internationally and nationally.
This Pat' or painting is the art from the State of West Bengal. The image of a cat with black and orange spots on a yellow or white body and with a bird or fish in its mouth has been interpreted as a satire on the hypocrisy of some religious priests who were Vaishnavas (devotee of Lord Vishnu) and who professed to be vegetarians but in fact ate meat and fish in private.

The artist Mantu Chitrakar hails from Noya, Midnapore, in West Bengal. At a young age he began patua painting and singing in the nearby villages to earn a living for himself and his family. He has exhibited and demonstrated in India as well as abroad. In 2007 he exhibited at the International Folk Art Convention at the Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh as well as at the Learning Department of the National Museum in Liverpool, UK. His works are at the private collection of American artist and art patron Scott Rothstein, Ann Oppenhimer - President of the Folk Arts Society of America, Dr Stephen Huyler and at the Museum of Visionary Art, Baltimore, USA and National Museums, Liverpool, UK. He continues to exhibit his works internationally and nationally.
The Bengali scroll tradition is an ancient one, featuring single image paintings known as Pats or long vertical multi paneled scrolls known jorana patas' (scroll paintings)This Pat' or painting is the art from the State of West Bengal.
Animals are either deeply revered or are a threat to the human race. Either way they have occupied a special place not only in the Indian psyche but also mythology. In this Bengali Pat, the tiger is shown in its elements ready for the game of hunt.