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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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Blessings in Brushstrokes: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Wonder
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Lakshmi Narayan, handpainted in Kalighat style by Manoranjan Chitrakar-
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THE GODDESS: BENGAL PATTACHITRA PAINTING BY MANORANJAN CHITRAKAR-
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Buy Kalighat Chronicles: Uttam Chitrakar's Divine Artistry
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Uttam Chitrakar's Sacred Encounter: A Kalighat Masterpiece
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Buy Kalighat Reflections: Uttam Chitrakar's Colourful Devotion
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Kalighat Tales: Uttam Chitrakar's Divine Canvas
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Uttam Chitrakar's Radiant Reverie: Kalighat's Embrace
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Shades of Love: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Reverence
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A Kalighat Romance: Uttam Chitrakar's Serene Reverence for Sale
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A Tale of Radha and Krishna: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat
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Sacred Love:Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Beauty
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Buy Uttam Chitrakar's Serenade: Radha and Krishna on Kalighat Canvas
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Kalighat Chronicles: Uttam Chitrakar's Krishna for Sale
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Uttam Chitrakar's Artistic Journey: A Kalighat Painting Tale
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The Artistry of Faith: Kalighat Paintings by Uttam Chitrakar for Sale
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Mystical Union: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Legacy
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Sacred Maternity: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Vision of Parvati
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Divine Maternity: Uttam Chitrakar's Parvati and Her Sons
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Celestial Wisdom: Lord Ganesha in Kalighat Art by Uttam Chitrakar
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Shades of Abundance: A Monochromatic Divinity by Uttam Chitrakar
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Lakshmi's Blessings: Uttam Chitrakar's Kalighat Devotion
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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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