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A

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Abanindranath Tagore

Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) was an Indian painter who founded the Bengal…

B

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Bani Thani

Bani Thani is a celebrated 18th-century miniature painting and portrait style…

Basawan

Basawan was a Mughal court painter active under Emperor Akbar from the 1560s to…

Bengal School of Art

The Bengal School of Art was an early twentieth-century Indian painting…

Bishandas

Bishandas was a Mughal court painter active under Jahangir and Shah Jahan,…

Bundi School of Painting

The Bundi School of Painting is a Rajput miniature tradition from the Hadoti…

C

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Cheriyal Scroll Painting

Cheriyal scroll painting is a stylised narrative folk art from Telangana,…

Company School of Painting

The Company School of Painting was a hybrid Indo-European style of painting…

D

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Deccan School of Painting

The Deccan School of Painting is a distinct tradition of Indian miniature…

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Guler School of Painting

The Guler School of Painting is an 18th-century Pahari miniature painting…

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Hamzanama

The Hamzanama is a 16th-century illustrated Mughal manuscript of fantastical…

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Indian Miniature Painting

Indian miniature painting is a tradition of small-scale, intricately detailed…

K

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Kalighat Painting

Kalighat painting is a 19th-century Bengali popular art form of watercolour…

Kangra School of Painting

Kangra painting is a Pahari miniature style that flourished in the Kangra hills…

Kishangarh School of Painting

The Kishangarh School is an eighteenth-century Rajput miniature painting…

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Manjusha Art

Manjusha Art is a narrative folk-painting tradition of the Bhagalpur region of…

Marwar School of Painting

The Marwar School of Painting is a Rajput miniature tradition centred on…

Mewar School of Painting

The Mewar School of Painting is a Rajput miniature tradition that flourished in…

Mughal School of Painting

The Mughal School of Painting is an Indo-Persian style of miniature painting…

Mysore Painting

Mysore painting is a classical South Indian style of devotional art from…

N

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Nainsukh of Guler

Nainsukh of Guler was an eighteenth-century Pahari miniature painter whose…

P

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Padshahnama

The Padshahnama is the official illustrated court chronicle of the Mughal…

Pahari School of Painting

The Pahari School of Painting is a tradition of Indian miniature painting that…

Pattachitra

Pattachitra is a traditional cloth-based scroll painting from Odisha and West…

Phad Painting

Phad painting is a traditional scroll-painting form from Rajasthan that…

Pichwai Painting

Pichwai is a devotional textile painting tradition from Nathdwara, Rajasthan,…

R

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Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was an Indian painter from Travancore who fused…

Rajput School of Painting

The Rajput School of Painting is a tradition of Indian miniature painting that…

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Srikalahasti Kalamkari

Srikalahasti Kalamkari is a hand-painted textile art from Andhra Pradesh that…

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Tanjore Painting

Tanjore painting is a classical South Indian panel-painting tradition from…