Renowned artist laxmi Narayan Bhavsar said, “The miniature art and its tradition of Europe and India is like body and soul. In Europe the art centered the body and in India we searched for soul.”
Notably, laxmi Narayan Bhavsar was addressing the workshop ‘Manjari’ being organised at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. Organised by Tribal Folk Art and Boli Development Academy the workshop ‘Manjari’ is all about Indian miniature paintings and its various versions. During the workshop laxmi Narayan Bhavsar spoke about the tradition and culture of art in India.
He said that the culture of art in India is years old and from thousand year art has been an inspiration for every one living on this land. He further said that so as the miniature art. It has been in trend since thousand years. He then said that very few times it has happened that miniature has been carried on within generations. There have been very few artists who have carried out this from generation to generations. And so, a credit goes to all these artists that they have kept alive the miniature art in India.
Bhavsar then by quoting the examples of few poets including Jaysi, Bihari, Jaidev said that their poetries have remained an inspiration for miniature art. He said that in this miniature art, artist not only creates portraits of people but also gives a place to nature on the canvas which is one of the best parts of the paintings.
Notably, during the workshop the artists will learn the Indian miniatures including Kangda, Basohali, Guler, Kisangadh, Chamba and Gadwal.
The use of vibrant and fizzy colours has always been a major part of these paintings. The painters used to experiment with the colours like black, yellow, blue, golden, white and red. With the time new experiments also took place in this art. So, there are various reasons why this art comes amongst the superior arts of the country.