Hanuman
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Hanuman is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two women standing under a big tree. One wears a red dress with gold patterns. The other is in purple. A small figure hangs from the tree branches. The background is mostly white with blue sky and dark tree leaves. The red-dressed woman points upward. Her gold armbands and shoes stand out. The text at the bottom is in a script you might not know. Look up kalighat to see more art like this.
A watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper depicts a scene from the Ramayana in which two female demons encounter Hanuman in a forest. Produced around 1890, the work reflects the Kalighat style developed in Calcutta during the 19th century, characterized by bold colours, simplified forms and rapid brushwork. The painting belongs to a tradition of local artists who portrayed regional mythology and social tensions under British colonial rule.
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