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Babu Bibi
Painted in black and white, the old Kolkata’s Babu and Bibi (man and wife) talks about a common pass time for the couples, chatting and smoking. The painting style is known as ‘Kalighat er Patachitra’ which connects to Kalighat, the famous pilgrimage in Kolkata, and depicts the city life. Rajesh Chitrakar, an artist of the new generation has learned and mastered the art so well.
Shiva
Lord Shiva has always been a much sought after figure of Patachitra, as these paintings, when done on the back of clay saucers instead of papers, are used in the place of clay idols of deities and are worshipped in the household of many common Bengali people. This is also quite an old piece of art done by Bahadur Chitrakar.
Sita Haran
The famous scene of abduction of Seeta by Ravana, as depicted in Ramayana, is painted here in this piece of art by Bahadur Chitrakar. The giant bird Jatayu came to rescue Seeta but could not succeed as he got wounded by Ravana’s sword. Such stories of the Hindu epics make for the subjects of many of these art pieces by the Pata Shilpis. It’s quite an old piece of art and is a heritage of Bengal’s culture.
Letterbox – Door Hanging
'Drawing with Fire' - The art of Pyrography dates back to the 17th century and became more popular in the 19th century in a crude form of pokerwork. As time progressed, the 19th century saw an even bigger curiosity for the art, and in the 20th century, the electric pyrography hot wire wood etching machine further automated the process.These wood burning art are done on 6 inch x 6 inch boards with gold flakes and papers. The product is framed for buyers convenience by the artist himself.Caption: Letterbox - Door Hanging. Pyrography on Board. Artist - Suman ChoudhuryMaterial : Wooden LetterboxFrame : NoMedia: Wood BurningSize : Standard Letterbox--------------------------------------------Note: Due to studio light effects the color shades may differ at a very minimal range. There will be no absolute change of colors in the original artwork as seen here. Door / Wall hanging options.
Manasa Mangal
This painting, by Bahadur Chitrakar, is a scene from the Manasa Mangal, also known as Padmapuran, a folk lore based on Hindu mythology. The deity of snakes, Devi Manasa is one of the protagonists of the story who compels Chand Saudagar, a rich businessman, to worship her by hook or crook. Chand was a worshipper of Shiva and he would never want to pay homage to Manasa. To fulfil her desire, Manasa sends her snakes to bite Chand’s son Lakhindar to death. Behula, the wife of Lakhindar, takes all the pain to make piece between Manasa and Chand, and subsequently gets back her husband to life.
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