'Madhubani' or 'Mithila' painting is a folk art form of Bihar State in India.'Madhubani' literally means ''Forest ('Ban') of Honey('Madhu')".The origin of this art form is said to be set during the 'Ramayan era' that dates back to 7400BC approx. Its popularly believed that King Janaka of Mithila hired artists to adorn the walls on the auspicious occasion of his daughter Sita's marriage to Lord Ram.Since then this folk art has been an integral part of auspicious occasion as marriages in Bihar.
Originally practiced to adorn the walls, this art form has now crossed boundaries and is currently illustrated in various medias and background as paper, clothes and canvases.Madhubani Painting took a contemporary form in the 1960s and artists were encouraged to portray their inherent skills at global level.
My interest in exploring the regional art forms of India dates back to my growing up years in various states of India namely West Bengal, Bihar , Gujarat , Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.Folk arts have always intrigued me and I consider self to be privileged enough to have been exposed to various multi cultural and multi lingual states of India.
In addition to travelling , my formal education in Design , particularly in Architecture and later Industrial Design, brought me closer to the nuances of ethnic and contemporary art /design forms of India.I have been an avid painter since school days and the passion continues to grow.
And here I take pleasure to portray my attempts to recreate this art form.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Madhubani Painting - folk painting of 'Bihar'
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It's wonderful. People like you who are gifted with such eye for art must pursue it. Please keep it up, if not for others then just for your self.
ReplyDeleteMahendra
Amazingly beautiful :) and such a neat work!!!
ReplyDelete"Wow" is an understatement Rachna :) Abs lovely work.
ReplyDeleteHey Rachna,Wonderful work!!
ReplyDeleteAnd God said,'Let there be colors and Rachna painted'!! :)
nice work
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Rachna !
ReplyDeleteExcellent work of art!!!
ReplyDeleteThe colour selection has moved me the most!!
May your creative mind flourish further in the future ---
Best Wishes with love,
Dora didi
Thanks, Mahendra, Preety, Pooja, Deepthi, Shilpa, 'Zindagi rocks' and Dora di. I am thankful to you all for having spared time to go through and appreciate my effort.
ReplyDeleteRachna,
ReplyDeleteAmazing peices of art! Loved looking at all of them . May you keep painting more amd more of them as the day passes by in future :) ...
Good Luck and Best wishes ,
Love,
Sony Di