In 1785, Thomas and William Daniell introduced the picturesque landscape painting tradition in India, showcasing rugged and untamed landscapes. The scroll painters of Kalighat developed a new artistic style as they migrated to Calcutta, which became a hub of opportunity for artists. Techniques such as woodblock printing emerged, allowing for mass production of colored prints while middle-class artists learned new methods of life study and painting.

5. .
•One popular imperial
tradition was that the
picturesque landscape
painting was in 1785.
This style of painting
represented India as
Quaint land .
These landscape were
rugged and wild seemingly
untamed by human hands.

6. •Thomas and William
Daniell were the most
famous artist who painted
in this tradition.They
came to India in 1785
and stayed seven years in
india and produced some
of the famous picturesque
landscape painting

7. •One popular landscape was
“Ruins On The Banks Of
The
•Ganges At Ghazipur”.It
was the typical example of
picturesque landscape
painting.

8. Portraits of authority

9. Portraits of authority

13. .

18. •Around the temple of
Kalighat in Bengal the scroll
painters (also known as
patuas) began a new style of
art.
•They moved to Calcutta.
•In a hope of new buyers
village artists too came to
Calcutta.
•The city appeared as a
place of opportunity where
people could come and make
a living.
•Artists tried to give a
lifelike look by shading the
pictures but still it did not

19. •The images were now
engraved on wooden blocks.
The carved block was inked,
pressed against paper, and
then the woodcut prints that
were produced were coloured
by hand.
•In this way many copies
could be produced from the
same block.
•Middle class people were
trained in new methods of
life study, oil painting and
print making.