PAINTINGS OF BEGAL SCHOOL

JOURNEY’S END:-
Subject Matter:-

• Painting Shows Tired & Overloaded Camel On The Edge Og Death.

• Artist Try To Show The Reflection Of Human Life Through This Art Work.
Description:-

• Artist Used Red, Brown &A Bit Of Yellow Orange Color Giving Effect Of Sunset
With Wash Technique.
• In Foreground Loaded Camel Shows With Kind Of Cloth With Rope Tied On His
Back.
• Showing That The Work Done By Camel Is More Than Its Capacity.
• Combination Of Color Has Been Extended To The Foreground. Dark Tint In Blue
For Shows , Where The Loaded Camel Is About To Fall.
• Impression Of Desert Is Shown, Which Gives Very Mystical Effect To The Hhole
Composition.
• It’s A Symbolic Painting That Reaches Beyond Explicity Pictorial Element Of Art
Work.
• Crouching, Gaspring Camel Set Against An Arid Desert In The Twilling Hours
Has Ashown Life In General.Where A Loaded Camel After A Long Journey Is
About To Die & Fall On Stony Ground.
• Artist Masterly Study The Animal Behaaviour Shown In Dignity Camel.
• Reflects That Is Painting Very Well.
• Facial Expression Of Camel Is Tremendous.

SHIVA AND SATI

Subject Matter:-
• Depicts The Lord Shiva Seated & Carrying Sati In His Arm.Scene Is Related To
The Main Episode Of Shiva And Sati.
• Scene Is Related To The Main Episode Of Shiva & Sati.Here Sati Is Dead.
• Subject Matter Totally Matches The Tittle.
• Painting Is Narrative Mythology By Modern Indian Artist,Sh.Nand Lal Bose.
Description:-

• Monocromatic Painting Inspired From Ajanta Painting.

• Representing Shiva As God Halo Is Shown Around The Head.
• Expression Are Very Good.
• Shades Of Light In White Colour Shown On Foreheads Of Both Figures &
Also On Body Of Shiva.
• Painting Made In Brownish Monochromatic Effects.
• Effects Of Clouds In The Background Is Very Impressive.
• Background Is Quite Attractive.
• Sati Sacrificed Her Life For The Sake Of The Husband Shiva’s Self Respect.
• Sati Father Daksha Who Was Against Their Marriage spoke Abusive words
Of Shiva Is A Great Party (Yajna).
• So, Sati Ended Her Life Through Her Intrinsic Power By Burning Her Body
Through Fire.
• So, In This Painting , Shiva Is Carrying Sati In His Arms.
• She Is In Sitting Pose.
• Best Painting Of Sh. Nand Lal Bose.
• This Painting At One Of The Society’s First Exhibitation Brought Nand Lal
Bose A Prize Of Rs.500 In 1908, After He Associated With The Work Of
‘Indian Society Of Oriental Art’.

RADHIKA
Subject matter:-
• Painting Based On A Typical Indian Young Girl In Standing Pose Going Out
Of Her Room.
• She Is Feeling Shy.
• Painting Belong To Hindu Religious.
DESCRIPTION:-

• Vertical Painting Of M.A.R Chugtai Having Size 52.7*73cm.

• Painting Of Typical Indian Girl In Standing Pose Going Out Of Her Room.
• Left Foot Is Forward, Toe Showing Nicely.
• Her Head Is Down.
• Right Foot Shown With Three Fingers With Dominating Little Finger Of
Foot.
• Her Left Hand & Right Hand Holding A Lotus Flowers.
• Left Hand Is Bent Normally Near Her Neck.
• Right Hand Is Folded In A Typical Pose.
• An Ant Is Walking On A Lotus Flower Near Her Right Hand.
• Ant Is With With Wings May Be An Insect.
• In Background A Lamp Is Standing With Burning Flame & Smoke Is
Going Upward.
• Near The Lamp Some Insects Are Shown Dead On The Ground.
Dress:-

• Lady Is Wearing Blue Colored Lehnga.

• A Red Blouse & Yellow Orange Saree.
• Ornaments Shown With Decorative Line.
• Lines Are Thin & Sharp With Full Expression.
 • Whole Painting Is Giving A Very Good Impression Due To
Rhythemic, Expressive & Fine Lines.
• Hairs Are Painted With Grey, Black & Brown Colour.
• Background Is Shown With Centrally Yellow Colour & Gradually
Outside Orange & Brown At The Bottom & Top.
• Painting Is Of Technique, Only Done By Bengal School Artist Atb
That Time.
• This Painting Is A Technique Of Japan & China.
• Mostly Lines Are Drawn With Thin Brushes After The Completion Of
Painting.

MEGHDOOT:-

Subect Matter:-
• Painting Based On A Lyrical Poem ‘Meghdoot’ Written By Kalidas.
• Meghduta Is A Story Of Yaksha.
• Who Lives In A Beautiful Mythicalcity Of Alka In Himalayas.
• He Was Exciled By His Master King Kubera For One Year Neglecting His
Duty.
• Poem Is Set About Eight Months After The Exile.
• When Yaksha Yearning For His Bellowed.
• Convinces A Passing Cloud To Became His Messanger & Carry His
Message To His Beloved Wife Awaiting His Return.
Description:-

• Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya A Profilic Writer & Poet And An Addition A

Outstanding Artist, Painted Meghdoot.
• One Of His Favourite Theme, In Three Seprate Series Each One
Having Up Of 60 To 70 Paintings.
• Literary Classic Were A Constant Source Of Inspiration For Him.
• This Masterpiece Production Based On Literature.
• Character Painted Had A Fictional Personification, Had A Life Of
Their Own, In Nature & Waterfall In Idyllic Setting.
• Characters Had Soft Features, Gracefull Curving Bodies, Soft
Smilling Mouths, Half Closed, Doe Like Eyes, Thin Sharply Arms &
Long Tapering Fingures.
• Here A Handsome Yaksha Sitting On Rocks In A Forest Writing His
Fellings.
• Features Are Beautifully Modeled With Youthful Softness.
• He Is Writing On A Leaf With Right Hand & Holding A Flower In Hi
Left Hand.
 Expression:-
• Somber With Tear In His Eyes.
• Wearing A Yellow Dhoti.
• Long Stole Hangs On His Left Shoulder.
• Also Wearing Necklace.
• Hairs Are Long Curled Upward At The Ends.
• In Background, Thatches Hut & Thick Forest Trees In Green &
Yellow Colour.
• Hut, Trees & Rocky Terrain Are Painted In Light & Dark Brown
Colour.
• Two Wave Like Clouds Are Swirling Onto The Composition From
Back & Front Towards The Yaksha.
• Painted With Sky Blue In Starlit Dark Sky.
• Few Small Birds Are Also Flying Amongst The Clouds.
• Nature Scene To Be Participating In His Yearning To Reach His
Beloved.
• Colors Are Soft & Light Giving His Painting A Glow.
• Lines Are Sharp With Tonal Variations In Brown Color.
• Story Was As Important As The Technique Of Painting.