Folk Paintings on Art

Folk paintings in Rajasthan attained high standard and artist won the great fame in this art. The themes are from the epic and heoric rajput tales. Usually at every entrance the conventional guardians of the door, dwarpalakas, are shown on the walls of either side. The popular Ganghor festival so dear to every Rajasthani heart, when Ish (Ishwar) and Parvati are worshipped, has place i these wall ensembles.

The images of Srinathji and Jamnaji, his wife, around which the famous are of pichwai developed on cloth, have a counterpart small hand-size ones produced on thin paper for sale at a very nominal price. They are in brilliant tints and very effective. Not only ad hoc pictures of animals, but whole thematic tales are worked out around animals like Jataka tales which have animals as their central characters. The striking feature of this picturisation is simple and natural manner in which the artist has invested the animals with human emotions so that they rise to heights of heorism, compassion, and self-sacrifice.


The typical rajasthani style of painting has never shaken off its folk character. The tradition of painting the walls of houses with scenes from mytholoogical and chivalric tales, is an old one, in rajasthan. These are now made on horizontal cloth scrolls.


The phad depicts the lives of locl heroes. The use of vibrant colours, bold lines, a two dimensional traeatment of figures with the entire composition arranged in sections are some of the unique features of phad paintings.

The pichwai painting of rajasthan, is used as a backdop for the statue of the temple deity. Originally made for the temple on festive occasions, this type of painting came to be sold to pilgrims and gradually got commercialized. The favourite god here is krishna, who seems to be omnipresent in rajasthani art.

The chitaras (painters) of mewar - illustrate manuscipts, decorate walls, doors and windows, make portraitsand the erotic paintings are frequently given as dowry item, in marriages.

Tribal Paintings	Madhubani Paintin	Phad Paintings
Patachitra	Village Scene	Sheer Joy-Warli Painting

Folks Art Paintings

Folk art paintings are an artist's expressions in pictorial form and usually choose epic narratives from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas and so on. These also depict the daily village life, social customs, rituals, birds, animals and the elements of nature and earth. Folk paintings use very vibrant and natural colours and papers, clothes, leaves, earthen pots, mud walls, etc are used as canvas.

The Indian folk paintings, their styles and patterns are as diverse as the Indian nation itself.

The Indian folk art list includes wall paintings, calendar paintings, oil classics, cave paintings, miniatures etc Our site is the unique online destination where all the art lovers can browse every kind of Indian Folk paintings and Indian folk art.

Indian folk art prints include the various art forms of India that have been practiced since ancient times. Phad paintings, warli paintings, madhubani paintings, patachitra, tanjore work, kalamkari, pata paintings, pithora, etc are some of the famous folk art paintings in the country.

Folk art prints include such pictorial depictions as the Hindu deities like Krishna, Ram, Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. There are madhubani paintings of the sun, the moon and religious plants like tulsi are widely painted as also royal courts and social events like weddings.

Tanjore art in the south has brightly colored art prints such as Siva, Parvati, Rama, Krishna, Lakshmi, Saraswathi and other gods and goddesses in different forms. While events from the mythologies such as the coronation of Ram is a typical Tanjore style of painting there are other animal and human figurines like man and woman, animals, etc depicted on these paintings also.

In Phad painting, the art prints of heroes in history such as Goga Chauhan, Prithaviraj Chauhan, Amar Singh Rathor, Tejaji, and others are common. In contemporary times, the stories from the life of Papuji and Narayandevji are mainly depicted.

The Warli paintings of Maharashtra have some common folk art prints of marriage god, Palghat, his horse along with the bride and groom. These paintings are special as they depict marriage ceremonies. Another popular theme of this form of folk art is the dance that men and women perform in circles and spirals around a musician.

The Pata Chitra paintings have paintings that are inspired by the Bhakti movement. The various folk art prints depict the story of Radha-Krishna and Jagannath in bold colours. Today, they are also used in the decoration of ganjifa playing cards, masks and toys.

Folk art designs are diverse in India and reflect our rich cultural heritage. The other forms of folk art paintings include Rajasthani Painting, Pahari painting, Jain art at Gujrat, Warli paintings of Maharastra, Thakga, Monpa , etc which are equally fascinating and charming.

Indian folk paintings are a true example on an artistic expression that can hold perfect spot in your home or office. So go ahead and take a plunge into the magical world of Indian Art.