Pahari painting

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Nala-Damayanti theme, from the Mahabharat in Pahari style

Pahari painting (literal meaning a painting from the mountainous regions, pahar means a mountain in Hindi) is a form of Indian painting, done mostly in miniature forms ^[1].

1 Origin and area
2 Schools of Pahari painting
3 Further reading
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Origin and area

Pahari school developed and flourished during 17th-19th centuries stretching from Jammu to Almora, in the sub-Himalayan India, through Himachal Pradesh, and each creating stark variations within th egenra, ranging from bold intense Basohli Painting to the delicate and lyrical Kangra paintings.

It gave birth to a new idiom in Indian painting, and grew out of the Mughal painting, though this was patronized mostly by the Rajput kings who ruled many parts of the region ^[2].

[edit] Schools of Pahari painting

Guler School
Kangra School
Basohli School
Chamba School ^[3]^[4]

[edit] Further reading

Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India by B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer Artibus Asiae. Supplementum, Vol. 38, Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India (1992), pp. 3-391 [1]