Top Painting from "Patna School of Painting", Bihar, INDIA (Mildred Archer)

The Pedlar (SEWAK RAM)

Patna School of Painting (likewise Patna Qalaam, Patna Kalam, or Company painting) is a style of Indian artwork which existed in Bihar, India in the eighteenth and nineteenth hundreds of years. Patna Qalaam was the world's first free school of painting which managed the ordinary person and their way of life which likewise helped Patna Kalam canvases acquire notoriety. The Principal communities were Patna, Danapur, and Arrah.

Origin of Patna School of Painting

Patna Kalam is an off-shoot of Mughal painting. The Mughal way of painting developed in the system of Jahangir, and his period was viewed as the brilliant time of Mughal artistic creations, however, during the standard of Aurangzeb in the late seventeenth and mid-eighteenth century, craftsman confronted mass arraignment and repugnance in workmanship and painting. The painters moved from Delhi searching for cover in better places. One such gathering moved toward the east and arrived in Murshidabad under the support of the Nawab of Bengal and other neighborhood blue-bloods. 

During the eighteenth century, after the fall of The Nawab of Bengal and the resulting decay of Murshidabad, the craftsmen began moving to the following greatest city in the east, Patna. In Patna, they went under the support of nearby nobility and frequently Indophile scions of early East India and began a remarkable type of painting which came to be known as the Organization painting or Patna Kalam.

Style

Patna Kalam is viewed as a branch of Mughal painting, with impacts from Persian and Friends (English) styles. The pictures can be obviously seen having tones and linings from the Mughal style, and the concealing can be believed to be received from the English style. Wandering from the Mughal and Persian style of wide and impeccably improved lines, Patna Kalam essentially centered around the subject of the artwork. 

Not at all like Mughal painting, which zeroed in on the sovereignty and court scenes, banner conveyors of Patna Kalam were profoundly impacted by the everyday life of the average person. Their principle subjects were neighborhood celebrations, services, marketplace scenes, nearby rulers, and homegrown exercises. The canvases were done on different surfaces like paper, mica, and even ivory diskettes, that were utilized as pins. 

A distinctive quality of Patna Kalam is the absence of any scene, forefront or foundation. Another trademark was the improvement in the concealing of strong structures. Patna Kalam artworks are painted straightway with the brush without stamping with a pencil to outline the shapes of the image and the technique of painting is famously known as 'Kajli Seahi.'

Patna Kalam Today

Some notable painters of Patna Kalam were Sewak Slam, Hulas Lall, Shiv Lal, Shiva Dayal, Mahadeo Lal, and Ishwari Prasad Verma. There is presently nobody to carry on the custom. Just three assortments of Patna Kalam works of art exist in Bihar, one at the Patna Gallery and others at Khuda Baksh Library, Patna, and Patna College's School of Expressions and Specialties. The Patna Kalam thrived distinctly as long as its Western supporters existed.

Gallery

2 - Pony and Trap (SEWAK RAM)

3 - Carpenters (SEWAK RAM)

4 - Palanquin (SEWAK RAM)

5 - Bullock Cart with Purdah Lady (Early PATNA SCHOOL)

6 - Portrait of a Dancing Girl (HULAS LAL)

7 - Men's Music and Drinking Party (HULAS LAL)

8 - Holi Scene (HULAS LAL)

9 - Women Carousing (HULAS LAL)

10 - Portrait of Great-grandfather of Rai Sahib Balgovind Malaviya (PATNA SCHOOL)

11 - Sweeper with Dogs (PATNA SCHOOL)

12 - Begum Bhao Portrait (PATNA SCHOOL)

13 - Portrait of a European Lady (PATNA SCHOOL)

14 - Portrait of Rai Sultan Bahadur (SHIVA DAYAL LAL)

15 - Portrait of Granthi Singh (SHIVA LAL)

16 - Muslim Wedding (SHIVA LAL)

17 - Women Spinning (PATNA SCHOOL)

18 - Pilgrim with Holy Water (GUR SAHAY LAL)

19 - Candlemaker (GUR SAHAY LAL)

20 - Ganapati Puja (GOPAL LAL)

21 - Toddy Seller (BANI LAL)

22 - Schoolmaster with Pupils (BANI LAL)

23 - Two Tailors (BANI LAL)

24 - Maid Servant (BANI LAL)

25 - Going to Worship (BANI LAL)

26 - The Day's Provisions (BANI LAL)

27 - Milkman (BANI LAL)

28 - Blacksmith (BANI LAL)

29 - Fish-seller (BANI LAL)

30 - Basket-Makers (BANI LAL)

31 - Women Grinding (BANI LAL)

32 - Donkey (BANI LAL)

33 - Spotted Owlet (BAHADUR LAL I)

34 - Singhara Seller (PATNA SCHOOL)

35 - Dancing Girls with Dove (JAMUNA PRASAD)

36 - Women Carousing (JAMUNA PRASAD)

37 - Musical Instruments (BAHADUR LAL II)

38 - Falcon (Baz) [BAHADUR LAL II]

39 - Tufted Owl (BAHADUR LAL II)

40 - Parrakeet (Kajla) [BAHADUR LAL II]

41 - Stock (BAHADUR LAL II)

42 - Narcissus (BAHADUR LAL II)

43 - Flower (BAHADUR LAL II)

44 - Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Math (BAHADUR LAL II)

45 - The Kanyadan Ceremony at the Marriage of Shiva and Parvati (MAHADEV LAL)

46 - Marriage Procession of Shiva, accompanied by the Gods on their Various Conveyances (MAHADEV LAL)

47 - Sweet-seller (ISHWARI PRASAD)

48 - The Nautch (SIR CHARLES D'OYLY)