Watercolour of a bridge four miles south of Delhi on the Mathura road, Company School painting by an anonymous artist working in the Delhi style, part of the Hyde Collection, c. 1820-1826. Via ogimages.bl.uk
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South Asian/Indian Art, Illustration, Design & Typography.
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Madhubani - Traditional Art
Six posters from the series 14 Non-Latin Typefaces , created to celebrate a conference and exhibition on typography by Minus 9 Design / Rathna Ramanathan. The examples shown here are all characters from Indic scripts.
Painting by Gond artist Ram Singh Urveti, 1997, via contemporary-tribal-folk-arts-india.blogspot.com
“The Tree of Intoxication”
“Gonds make liquor from the flowers of the Mahua tree. If you take small amounts, and mix it with good herbs, it is a medicine for many ailments. If you drink a little more, it is pleasant. But if you drink too much, your very form can change, and depending on your character, you may become a mouse or a tiger, a pig or pigeon.”
The Night Life of Trees’ © Tara Books Pvt. Ltd. 2006
Art: Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai and Ram Singh Urveti.
Design: Gita Wolf and Rathna Ramanathan.
The Night Life of Trees (via peacay)
Art: Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai and Ram Singh Urveti. Design: Gita Wolf and Rathna Ramanathan. The Night Life of Trees is an exquisite hand-bound and screen-printed book of paintings by three of the finest artists of the Gond tribal art tradition. Each painting is accompanied by its own poetic tale, myth or lore, narrated by the artists themselves, which recreate the familiarity and awe with which the Gond people view the natural world.
Trees grow from swamp deer horns, drawing by Gond artist Radha Tekam, via www.ignca.nic.in
Drawing by Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam. Via jangarh-singh-shyam-paris.blogspot.com/
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