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Binda Devi
Figures and Birds Indian Mithila Folk Art

1960

$4,500
£3,393.02
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CA$6,242.72
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Figures and Birds Watercolor Traditional Indian Mithila Painting artist signed. Pencil, ink, natural dye watercolor, on handmade paper 17.7x22.7 framed under glass 24x29. Binda Devi was an Indian artist, specializing in painting in the Madhubani tradition. She is one of the most well-known Madhubani artists from India. Binda Devi is a renowned Mithila artist known for her contributions to the Madhubani painting tradition. Mithila painting, originating from the Mithila region of India and Nepal, is a style of Indian painting traditionally done by women on the walls of their homes during rituals and festivals. Binda Devi, along with other artists, played a key role in popularizing this art form by transferring it to paper and canvas, making it accessible to a wider audience. Madhubani painting, also called Mithila painting, is a unique style of painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Nepal and Indian States of Bihar. Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. Traditionally the paintings were drawn on interior walls in the village houses by Hindu women of the Brahmin and Kyshath castes who handed down their visual knowledge from one generation to the next. The folk paintings represent a variety of symbolic meanings mainly associated with the celebration of fertility in Madhubani weddings and seasonal rituals, but also include the major gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, in particular, Sita, the wife of the god Ram, and a central figure in the Hindu epic the Ramayana.
  • Creator:
    Binda Devi (Indian)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Lake Worth Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU192216659652

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