Multicolour Pattachitra Art Print

Pattachitra

NO

20

1 N

Multicolour

Wipe with dry cloth

1

No

L - 12in

W - 29in

L-30.48cm, W-73.66cm

Patta literally means cloth and chitra means picture in Sanskrit. The materials used in these Midnapore patachitras are all indigenous and inexpensive, coming from vegetable, earth, and mineral sources. Conch shells, crushed, boiled and filtered, are used for white, black comes from lamp soot, red from hingulal stone, green comes from plants and blue from indigo. These extracts are then cooked with the gum from the kaintha (elephant apple) fruit tree and applied. The Midnapore potuas usually draw and paint their stories on a long piece of handmade paper backed with cloth, which they unfurl for potential buyers, singing the story. The themes are popular Hindu deities, epic and Puranic anecdotes, folktales and myths, incidents of daily life, and different species of Indian fauna.About a decade ago, potua art was written off as a dying folk art form, as chitrakars began drifting away from their traditional occupation in search of a livelihood. Thanks to the timely intervention of various agencies, it has undergone a revival and today the patachitra has reached national and international forums. Layala Chitrakar comes from a family of well-known & award-winning patuas. She takes her subject matter from mythology and nature, but her style is completely unique to her.Due to different computer, laptop monitors and different screen resolutions, the colors on your product may vary from the colors in the image you see here.This artwork comes without a frame.Products you receive may vary marginally in design as each product is uniquely handpainted