Kalighat Painting Shakuntala Dushyanta, Bengal Folk Art Print, Indian Mythology Wall Art, Mahabharata Romance, Framed Indian Art

Dushyanta garlands Shakuntala - the meeting that opens Kalidasa's Abhijnanashakuntalam, among the great love stories of the Sanskrit canon. It is painted with the directness Kalighat is loved for: sweeping contour, flat pools of colour, and nothing behind the figures to compete with the gesture. ABOUT KALIGHAT PAINTING In the 1800s, village scroll-painters known as patuas moved into Kolkata and settled near the Kalighat temple, selling swift, inexpensive paintings to pilgrims. What began as devotional souvenirs became a tradition in its own right - bold contour, luminous colour, an economy of means that Jamini Roy and other modern Indian painters would later draw on. The original, c. 1890, is worked in gum tempera, graphite, ink and tin on paper, the tin lending a faint metallic shimmer. WHAT YOU RECEIVE Faithfully restored from museum archives and printed archivally on museum-grade stock. - Framed sizes: 12x16, 18x24 and 24x36 inches - Frame colours: Black, Red Oak or White - Warm-white mat, ready to hang - Also available as an unframed fine-art paper print - Made to order, dispatched in 2-6 business days - Free shipping Origin: Kalighat, Kolkata, Bengal - c. 1890