ARTS & CRAFTS

Bengal arts & crafts

বাংলার শিল্প

Art traditions, craft context and paths to makers and places.

Modernist artist (1887–1972) who drew on Kalighat pat and Bankura folk forms.

Nineteenth-century bold-line watercolour on paper, historically sold near Kalighat temple and now made by patua families.

Bengal scroll painting; patuas of Naya village in Pingla sing as they unroll the scroll.

Wax-resist dyeing popularised at Shantiniketan's Kala Bhavana.

Bengal's running-stitch embroidery on sarees and quilts; nakshi kantha is the decorative form.

Lost-wax metal casting from Bikna in Bankura and Dariyapur in Bardhaman.

Bishnupur temple panels and the Bankura horse from Panchmura are defining Bengal terracotta traditions.

Pith craft used for Durga decorations and the topor, associated with Bonkapashi in Bardhaman.

Rice-paste floor art used for ritual and welcome designs.