This scroll painting on paper depicts Hindu Goddess Durga (the warrior goddess) killing a demon together with her mount tigers. Painted by well known Patua artisit Swarna Chitrakar in style similar to the Kalighat paintings produced during the 19th century. H 46 cm, W 30 cm. Patachitra (Patua) known for its brilliant play of colours, is a folk art form of rural Bengal that has been in existence for many centuries. The word Pata from the Sanskrit word Patta meaning cloth. Patachitra are charactrised by religious or social motifs and images painted with vegetable dyes fixed with a vegetable gum on paper and fabric from old saris is glued to the back to strengthen the scroll. Trained in the traditional Patua form of folk art by her father and uncle, hails from West Bengal in India. Despite marrying into a family that disapproved of women painting, Swarna went on to become an extremely successful Patua artist. See her book The Patua Pinocchio. The item “Original Kalighat Pattachitra Indian Painting Hindu Goddess Durga Signed Folk Ar” is in sale since Tuesday, December 6, 2016. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “indigenius” and is located in Greenford. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and tobago, Uruguay, Viet nam.
- Region of Origin: India
- Signed?: Signed
- Brand: Swarna Chitrakar
- Original/ Repro: Original
- Style: Folk Art
- Medium: Natural dyes on paper with cotton back
- Date of Creation: 2000-Now
- Features: Signed
- Subject: Religious & Inspirational
- Originality: Original
