A Kalighat painting of a wrestler and a tiger, Bengal,...
A Kalighat painting of a wrestler and a tiger, Bengal, late 19th century, opaque colours on paper, glazed and framed, painting 48.5 x 38cm.
The Kalighat School was a unique style that blossomed in the nineteenth century out of an influx of traditional artists into the newly industrialized Calcutta. Admired for their charming spontaneity, and bold, calligraphic brushwork, these paintings were embraced by pilgrims, traders, and visitors from within and outside India alike, all of whom collected them at the bazaars adjacent to the city’s Kali Temple. Kalighat themes traditionally focused on Hindu images but as their popularity expanded, grew to include secular figures.
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A Kalighat painting of a wrestler and a tiger, Bengal, late 19th century, opaque colours on paper, glazed and framed, painting 48.5 x 38cm.
The Kalighat School was a unique style that blossomed in the nineteenth century out of an influx of traditional artists into the newly industrialized Calcutta. Admired for their charming spontaneity, and bold, calligraphic brushwork, these paintings were embraced by pilgrims, traders, and visitors from within and outside India alike, all of whom collected them at the bazaars adjacent to the city’s Kali Temple. Kalighat themes traditionally focused on Hindu images but as their popularity expanded, grew to include secular figures.
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