Artist
Tara 1
Indian, 1550–1590
Tara 1 was an Indian Mughal Painting artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Meet Tara, the sharp-eyed painter who turned a collection of bawdy parrot tales into glowing miniatures. She worked fast, crowding figures into jewel-box scenes where a scorned wife wields a pot lid like a weapon and a parrot in red shoes dishes out gossip. Her brush kept the stories lively without getting preachy, unusual for a 1560 Mughal workshop where artists often played it safe.
See for yourself in the Tuti-nama’s Eighth Night scene, where the wife’s flying pot lid lands just above a very sorry husband.
Works by Tara 1
- The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
- The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
- The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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