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The Kalighat paintings developed in the 19th century in the Bengal presidency. The travelling scroll painters or the patuas had been practising folk art of Pattachitra. The new...  Read More

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My Cat and I, Kalighat Art by Bapi Chitrakar-Paintings by Master Artists
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The reader, Kalighat Art
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Brushstrokes of Imagination: Uttam Chitrakar’s Kalighat
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The Cat, Kalighat Art
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Wild Instincts: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Splendour
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Celestial Enchantment: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat
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Honeymoon Kalighat Painting by Manoranjan Chitrakar
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Kalighat Art in Marry me Painting
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My Beloved Kalighat Painting
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My Beloved Kalighat Painting by Bapi Chitrakar
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Shop Admiring Kalighat Painting by Uttam Chitrakar
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Kalighat art painting by Uttam Chitrakar
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Blossoms of Affection: Kalighat Shades by Uttam Chitrakar
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Harmony and Play: The Guardian's Delight in Kalighat
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Temptations of the Kitchen: A Kalighat Painting of Culinary Delights
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The Woman and the Cat: Kalighat painting by Uttam Chitrakar for Sale
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Shop Babu and his Cat: Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar
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Frida Kahlo in Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar

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Shop Cat Musicians in Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar

Cat Musicians in Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar

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Shop Biwi as Frida Kahlo in Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar
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Shop Babu and his Fish in Kalighat by Bhaskar Chitrakar
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Shop A Bengal Cat's Feast in Kalighat by Uttam Chitrakar
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The Kalighat paintings developed in the 19th century in the Bengal presidency. The travelling scroll painters or the patuas had been practising folk art of Pattachitra. The new manners and customs of the British settlers, the revivalist exercises of the Mughal and theatres as well as the use of Sanskrit on stage was absorbed by the rural artists who had migrated to Calcutta and developed it into a popular urban genre. The period of Kalighat paintings coincides with the age of mechanical reproduction in the form of woodcut, lithography, oleography and printing.
The artists primarily depicted what surrounded the artists. Their dietary practices made fish a recurring and common motif in the paintings. Another important element in the Kalighat paintings was the cat. Paintings depicting Cat with a Fish depict the religious hypocrisy, where the cat is a satirical representation of the false aesthetic. The artists also painted the religious figures such as Durga, episodes from the epics, and other sacred texts. Many paintings commented on the priests, perhaps depicting the social customs that prevailed during that period. Babus with their hair groomed in the Albert style, wearing expensive shawls and buckled shoes, smoking their hookahs and sitting on Victorian chairs was a common depiction.
The Kalighat painters interacted with the colonial paintings and began the use of water colours, shaded figures, folio-sized mill made papers. The colours were applied in a sequence, one at a time. The exposed limbs and faces were painted first, followed by the clothes and other detailing.

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