Ganesha Paintings

The history of ethnic paintings in India dates back to Bhimbatka Caves, where some of the earliest paintings of India are. But when it comes to ethnic 'tribal' paintings of India, the names that top the list of paintings and Madhubani, Warli paintings.

Madhubani paintings , also known as Godhna, Maithili and Chitra paintings of figures, from the humble domestic rituals in Madhubani district of Bihar. Mainly in force in the Madhubani district, it has also distributed to the districts adjacent Jetwarpur, Ranti, Rasidpur, Bacchi Rajangarh, etc.As by the belief that people of Madhubani Gods visit each house in the morning to bless them with good luck and prosperity, Madhubani paintings started as a welcome painting on walls, doors and floors for the Gods. Until the 1960s, it was purely a decorative art. But the Bihar famine of 1964-65 took its toil on the people of Madhubani and they had to make livelihoods from agriculture to other forms. And who started the commercialization of Maithili paintings; it shifted the walls and floors to the paper, satin sarees, Dupattas, etc., without deviating from its original themes, themes of religion and mythology. Most people now depend on these Madhubani paintings for their daily needs.

A paste of cow dung and mud is applied to the walls and floors provide a perfect black background on which images are drawn with rice paste white, bright vegetable colors are then applied to the figures by making them more dynamic. Many painters of Madhubani still apply a thin layer of cow dung and mud paste on their canvases to give a more authentic and also because it contributes to proper absorption of color.

Mainly practiced by women folk, Madhubani is a school exclusively for women popular painting. As a respite from their daily house engineering they represented their vision, beliefs, customs and creativity with abstract figures, mostly in linear models. This school, however, not confined to the female gender now, as the number of male painters is increasing day by day.

Thematically, Madhubani paintings are mostly based on religion and mythology. The religious themes are branched into two types - little tradition and great tradition. In paintings of the little tradition, the gods like Raja Salesh, Buddheshwar, Jutka Malini, Reshma, and love occurs in abundance. tradition is a tribute to Hindu gods like Krishna-Radha, Shiva-Parvati, Ganesh, Durga Maa, and loves. However, the natural scenes of villages, everyday life, flora and fauna that are as much a part of life in this school of painters, also entered the field of paints Godhna.

The attributes that characterize almost all Madhubani paintings are: -

Use a bold color natural and artificial.

2 A double line border with simple geometric designs or decorated with floral motifs on it.

3 Symbols, lines and patterns supporting the main theme.

4-like abstract figures, gods or humans.

The five faces of the characters have big bulging eyes and a nose bumps emerging from the front.

Madhubani painting is an emblematic expression of day everyday experiences and beliefs. As such, the symbolism, simplicity and beauty to keep them together in a single school of traditional art. The symbols that these painters have their specific use MEANI Maithili.