Kalighat Painting
カーリーガート絵画 / 19th century–1930s / Style / Indian Painting
Souvenir paintings mass-produced at Calcutta's temple gate — thick fluent contours and bold omission drawing gods and social satire with the same brush.
Thick fluent contours / Bold omission / Watercolor transparency / Gods beside satire
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- Further study
- The Kalighat temple market / the influence on Jamini Roy / colonial social satire