madhubani art form

FAMOUS FOLK ARTISTS AND THEIR WORKS  🌺🌷🌸 MAHASUNDARI DEVI Mahasundari Devi was an Indian artist and Madhubani painter. She was awarded the Tulsi Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1995, and in 2011 she received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India.  Some of the famous works by mahasundari devi ji are -  She received her first felicitation in 1976 from the  Bhartiya Nritya Kala  for an illustration of the struggles of a Maithil girl.  She received the  National Award  from the president of India,  Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy , in 1982.  Devi was considered a “ living legend ” of the art of painting.  She was awarded the  Tulsi Samman  by the  Government of Madhya Pradesh  in 1995, and the  Shilp Guru award  in 2007. She received the  Padma Shri  award from the government of India, in 2011, for her contributions to the field of art. MAHASUNDARI DEVI  JI WITH HER PAINTIN...

MADHUBANI PAINTINGS Madhubani art  (or  Mithila painting ) is a style of  Indian painting , practiced in the  Mithila region  of the  Indian subcontinent . This painting is done with a variety of tools, including fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks and using natural dyes and pigments. It is characterised by its eye-catching geometrical patterns.  There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals. . ORIGIN Madhubani painting (Mithila painting) was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. It originated from  Madhubani district  of the  Mithila  region of  Bihar . Madhubani is also a major export center of these paintings. [1]  This painting as a form of wall art was practiced widely throughout the region; the more recent development of painting on paper and canvas mainly originated among the villages aro...