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67 pages, brochure, 23 x 30 cm, 53 illustrations
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Paintings by Nainsukh of Guler: Works from the Pahari region of the 18th century in the collection of the Museum Rietberg Zürich ascribed to the master, his workshop, and his successors
Endowed with a sharp eye, a brillant technique, and a refined sense for colours, Nainsukh is one of the most skilled artists of 18th century India. Coming from a family of painters and being acquainted with the well established iconography of courtly representation, Nainsukh developed his own personal style to depict the festive as well as the more intimate moments in the life of Balwant Singh of Jasrota, his princely patron. In addition to these genre-like scenes, Nainsukh dedicated his last years mainly to religious or literary topics, pursuing the characteristics of his style even further and developing new ideas which lent to his last pictures a serenity previously unfound. His Sketches and drawings were held in the highest esteem by his successors and formed one of the main artistic sources for their own paintings.
This brochure, meant to delight the eyes and the curiosity of general reader, informs about Nainsukh and his followers and shows thirty of their outstanding paintings which form the core of the Rietberg’s collection of Pahari paintings.
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