The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya will be organising a special skill development workshop on Madhubani Painting from June 20th to 30th, 2019 and Mysore Painting from July 4th to 14th, 2019.
In the workshop, the participants will get an opportunity to directly interact with the traditional artist to learn their methods, designs and practices.
Madhubani Painting is a painting style, in which paintings are originally created in Mithilanchal of Bihar state.
Since its center is in Madhubani district, it was known as Madhubani Painting. On the occasion of marriage in Mithilanchal, a ‘CHAUK’ is built on the wall, which is known as KOHBAR.
The KOHBAR, constructed in a very artistic manner, with the expansion of subjects in due course of time it was called Madhubani Painting.
Due to the habitation of Raja Janak and Sita Ji, this place is remained sacred.
Hence, episode of Ram and Sita were included in the picturesque of Madhubani Paintings.
Due to its beautiful decoration, heart touching colors, this painting style gradually landed on the canvas and reached home.
In Mysore Painting, traditional original painting is made by artists of the great Vijayanagar Kingdom which was famous for its art, literature, temples and architecture.
After the fall of Vijayanagar Kingdom during 15th century, the artist migrated towards South India searching patrons for this intricate and exquisite art of normally mythological
subjects. Some of these artists migrated to Madras and some paintings originally done as in Vijayanagar Kingdom, come to be known as Tanjore Paintings and the people who migrated to
Mysore and Started practicing this art under the patronage of great Wadiyar Kings who themselves were great artists. This was later on popularised as Mysore Paintings.