Arjuna Maharana
(India died 1993)
- Title
- Seven stages in the painting process
- Place of origin
-
Puri →
Orissa →
India
- Cultural origin
- Orissan patachitra - a style of folk painting made as souvenirs for pilgrims.
- Year
- late 20th century
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- pigment on 'pati' canvas
- Dimensions
-
19.0 x 76.0cm sight; 23.4 x 88.0 x 3.7cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1996
- Accession number
- 582.1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This work originated from Puri, one of the chief religious centres and pilgrimage sites in India. Produced as souvenirs for pilgrims to the Temple of Jagannath and used for worship in house shrines. Pilgrim paintings typically portray the main deities enshrined at the Temple-Jagannath with his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra. This work illustrates the blue child Krishna with his brother Balarama and their mother. It is a record of the process used by the chitrakar, temple painter.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, November 1996
