Mohini
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Mohini is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three figures in bright, flat colors. The largest figure is a blue-skinned woman with a crown, holding a golden pot. Below her, a woman in green and red leans forward, touching her. To the right, a man in yellow sits with his back to us, holding a red object. The blue figure’s skin and crown suggest she might be a deity from Hindu stories. The style looks like it comes from the *kalighat* tradition, a type of Indian painting. Look up kalighat next to see more paintings like this.
This watercolour and tin-alloy painting on paper depicts the goddess Mohini distributing nectar between a god and a demon. Produced around 1890 in Calcutta during British colonial rule, it reflects themes from local mythology and reflects the Kalighat painting style known for its vivid colours, simplified forms, and rapid brushwork. The work was donated by M. N. Varvill in 1955.
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