2. Origin and Development:
● In the beginning of the 16th century,
● It was started in Mewar (Udaipur), area of Rajasthan.
● Other Name: Hindu style, Rajputa Painting.
● Period - 16thTo 19thCentury
● Peak Time- 18th Century
● Early Area- Mewar (Udaipur)
● Mixture- Gujrati tradition, Rajasthani Folk Art and Ajanta Painting
● Scholar – Anand Kumar Swmai (According to A.K. Swami 200 years,
deference between Pahari and Rajasthani Painting).
● Book- Rajput Painting (1916).
3. Sub- school
Sub- school (sub-style) or areas of Rajasthani School-
● Mewar.
● Jodhpur.
● Bikaner.
● Kishangarh.
● Jaipur.
● Bundi.
4. Themes of the Paintings
● Vaishvanism
● Krishna
● Radha
● Geet Govind
● Rasikpriya
● Barahmasaa
● Rasa Manjari
● Ragamala
● The six main Ragas
● Romantic Stories
● Love Poem
● Laurel Chanda
● Purana
● Other theme
5. Specialities or features
● Paper- Waslis handmade sheet.
● Outline- Black and Brown.
● Brushes- Camel and Squirrel hair..
● Large lotus eyes.
● Painting activity was a kind of teamwork .
● All woman painted in same figure as symbol of all femininity.
● Flowing tresses (hair) firm breasts, slender waists and rosy hand.
● Indian life, its daily activity with emotions.
● 2D painting.
● Warm and flashy colours.
● Jaipur preferred large size formats and produced life-size portraits.
● Master artist putting the finishing touches.
6. Sub-School: Mewar
● Early centre of Rajasthani painting
● This style traced other centre of Rajasthani School from
16th century onwards.
● It’s pure before it came into contact with Mughals.
● Main Artists: Sahibdin and Manohar.
7. Some Work of Mewar sub- school
Sahibdin Painting:
● Ragamala Painting (1628)
● Rashikpriya
● Bhagwat Purana (1648)
● Yudddha Kanda of Ramayana (1652)
Manohar’s Painting:
● Bal Kanda of Ramayana (1649)
8. Features of Mewar Paintings:
● Bhakti Movement Paintings.
● Bright and Brilliant colours used.
● Male and female have long noses, oval shaped faces,fish
like eyes.
● Male use loose fitting garments, patka, turbans.
● Female use loses long skirts, choli, transparent Odhnis.
● Female smaller than the male.
9. Mewar Painting: MARU-RAGINI
● Tittle- Maru Ragini
● Painter- Sahibdin
● Colour/ Medium- Water Colour
● Technique- Tempera
● Sub-school- Mewar
● Collection- National Museum
New Delhi.
10. Subject matter/ Composition/ Description
● Set of Ragmala Painting
● It is one of the masterpieces of Mewar School.
● A love story of Prince Dhola and Princess Maru.
● Maru is also shown in typical Rajasthani costume.
● 5 Human figures are shown in the painting.
● 1 camel and 1Hond are shown in the walking position.
● Dhola and Maru are shown travelling on a camel through a desert, with
Dhola riding the camel and looking back at Maru.
● Yellowish background, Brown shade depict desert.
● The sky is dark blue in colour.
● Details about miniature are written with hand on the top of the painting.
● The whole composition shows rhythm, motion and balance.
11. Sub-school Bundi
● Ruled by Hara Royal Dynasty till 1625 A.D.
● Earliest miniature painting painted in Chunar in reign of Bhoj Singh
(1585-1607) the Hara Ruler.
● Bishan Singh successor Ram Singh (1821-1889) Build Chitrashala Painted
by Mural painting of royal processions, hunting and episodes of Krishna’s
stories.
● Bundi high quality paintings were made in mid-17th century.
12. Famous Painting and Favourite themes
Famous paintings
● Bhairav Ragini – (lady worshipping Shiva)
● Summer Elephant- about 1750.
Favourite themes
● Ragamala
● Baramasa
● Rasikpriya
13. Features of Bundi sub-school/style:
● Keen interest in landscape, wild life and birds, hills and thick jungles and
water Bodies.
● One of the Most Beautiful painting- Elephant
● Human face: Round and small eyes and nose add charm and emotion to the
figures.
● Landscape of hills, thick jungles, Rever and lotus ponds and lakes with water
birds have been painted.
14. Sub-school: Jodhpur
● Rao Jodha founded – Jodhpur in 1459 from Mewar.
● Jodhpur painting mostly influence by Mughal style.
● Earliest sets painted in Pali. Pali is a Ragmala by Virji 1623.
● A productive period started by Maharaja Jaswant Singh (1638- 1678)
● Prominent work- BhagvataPurana.
● Last phase of Jodhpur painting in the reign of Man Singh (1803-1843)
15. Features of Jodhpur
● Tall female figures
● Heads are smaller in comparison to the body.
● Female figures shorter than male.
● Jodhpur paintings are somewhat larger than other
painting.
16. Painting Chaugan Players
● Tittle: Chaugan Players
● Artist: Dana
● Sub-school: Jodhpur
● Medium: Water colour
● Technique: tempera
● Collection: National Museum
New Delhi.
17. Subject matter/ Composition/ Description
● Two princesses are shown playing polo with their four attendants.
● Dana represents Jodhpur painting of Man Singh’s reign.
● Princesses are shown facing each other, horses are facing each other too
with their uplifted legs,
● Horses are minutely decorated; uplifted legs of the horses are showing
motion.
● Woman depicted in Mughal style.
● Costumes are in Rajput style.
● The background surfaces is flat green colour.
18. Sub-school Bikaner
● Rao Bika Rathore established in 1488.
● Bikaner School painting influence by Mughal, because of long association
with Mughals.
● Several master of Mughal, work with Bikaner Artists.
● Ustaad Ali Raza Delhi Painnter, Karan Singh Employed him in Bikaner court.
● In the reign of Anup Singh, Ruknuddin (came from Mughal court) whose
style was mix Indian, Persian and Mughal style.
● Ruknuddin’s work- Ramayan, Rashikpriya, Durga Satpsati.
● Another artist: - Ibrahim, Nathu, Sahibdin and Isha.
● Bikaner Studio’s Name- Mandi (supervision under- Ruknuddin, Ibrahim,
Nathu)
19. Feature of Bikaner Painting
● Clouds are painted in circular style.
● Hunting scene beautifully depicted.
● In Human figures: -
● Light lips, Half open eyes, small chin, very thin wrists, Moustaches of man.
● Main theme: portrait, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Krishna, Ragmala, Radha and
Krishna Love.
20. Painting- Krishna on Swing
● Tittle: Krishna on Swing
● Artist: Nuruddin
● Medium: Water Colour
● Technique: Tempera
● Collection: National Museum
New Delhi.
21. Subject matter/ Composition/ Description
● Painting has 2 parts in the painting, Krishna seated on a swing in upper part.
● Radha sitting in front of him in the balcony is wearing traditional but
decorated ‘Ghagra’ and ‘choli’.
● They are looking at each other. Rdha’s head is covered with a transparent
Odhnis and she is sitting on arced carpet.
● In the upper part pavilion painted beautifully.
● In the lower panel, both Radha and Krishna are sitting at different places
under a tree in a foreground.
● An attendant of Radha is also shown in the painting. She has perhaps
brought a message for Krishna.
● The leaves of the trees are shown clearly in clusters of repeating patterns.
22. sub school- Kishangarh
● Kishan Singh son of Jodhpur King Udai Singh founded Kishangarh in 1609.
● Kishngarh painting goes on peak under the reign of Raja Sawant Singh.
● Sawant Singh was a scholar, a Critic and a renowned poet in Hindi, Sanskrit,
parsian under the Pen-name of Nagri Das.
● Sawant Singh’s most outstanding artist Nihal Chand
● Nihal Chand work for Sawant Singh 1735-1757.
● Nihal Chand composed painting on Sawant Singh’s poetry theme of devine
lover Radha and Krishna.
● Most famous painting of this school is Radha (bani-thani).
● Other Artists- Bhawani Das, Surat Ram.
23. Features of Kishangarh Paintings
● Subject matter- Hunting scene, count scene, portraits of
kings/ Nawab, Emperors, saints etc.
● In faces: arched eyebrows, lotus petal shaped eyes,
dropping eyelids, a sharp slender nose and thin lips.
● Primary colours have been applied.
● Most beautiful female painted.
24. Painting- Radha (Bani- Thani)
● Tittle: Radha (Bani- Thani)
● Artist- Nihal Chand
● Sub-school: Kishangarh
● Medium: Water Colour
● Technique: Tempera
● • Collection: National Museum
New Delhi.
25. Subject matter/ Composition/ Description
● Beauty of Woman, depicting Raja Sawant singh love towards Radha and Krishna.
● Bani- Thani ( lady of fashion).
● She was attendant of Raj Singh’s wife and a gifted poetess, singer and dancer.
● Her long curly hair is shown flowing down her shoulders and the curl of her hair on
her cheek adds beauty to the painting.
● She is wearing a transparent odhani with golden motifs on it.
● Sawant Singh Write about her in Poem Bihari Jas Chandrika.
● Sawant Singh and Bani Thani always represented as Radha and Krishna.
● Radha (bani-thani) face deeply curved eyes, arch eyebrows, pointed nose, spiral
lint hair, down on the cheek, thin lips, pointed chin.
● Her smile is mysterious as Mona Lisa's smile, so she is known as the Indian Mona
Lisa.
26. Sub-school- Jaipur
● Founded by Sawai Jai Singh (1699- 1743).
● He shifted from Amer to Jaipur.
● He brought artist from Mughal court
● He made a studio name- Surat Khana
27. Famous artist and Painting theme
● Famous artist- Mohammad Shah and Sahib Ram (portrait artist).
● Painting theme- Radha and Krishna, Rashikpriya, Geet Govinda, Baramasa,
Ragmala, King Portaits, Nayak NayikaBhed.
28. Features of Jaipur Sub-school
● There is a grace in the use of colours and lines.
● Woman faces are round, figures are in medium size, and eyes are large.
● Male figures have muscular body, round face, round nose, hair reach up to
the ear.
● Man wears loose Pajamas and Turbans.
● Woman ghagras are painted in dark colour.
● Paintings boarder are ornamented.
● Jaipur preferred large size formats and produced life-size portraits.
29. Painting- Bharat meet Rama at Chitrakuta
● Tittle: Bharat meet Rama at
Chitrakuta.
● Artist: Guman
● Sub-school: Jaipur
● Medium and Technique: Water
colour and Tempera.
● Collection: National Museum
New Delhi.
30. Subject-matter/ Composition/ Description
Subject Matter: This Painting is an episode from the epic Ramayana, When Dasratha passed away,
Bharat and their tree mothers and courtiers visits Rama to persuade him to return to Ayodhya.
Composition:
● In Paintig episode of Ramayana made between 1740-50 Known as Bharat Milap.
● The whole incident is taking place at the jungle of Chitrakuta where Rama stayed for a few days.
● 49 figures are there in this painting.
● Plane huts in brown shade, Dark colour trees.
● River in forground, lotus and some trees are there.
● Artist Guman begins the narrative from the left and ends it on the right.
