Painting of Rajasthan

Indian craftsmen have always shown an exceptional skill in engraving, chasing and ornamenting of gold and silver articles of everyday and decorative use. The metalware of Rajasthan comprises artistic brass work, enameled, engraved and filigree cut work on silver. The Jaipuri-engravers have mastered the medium of engraving on metal.

Painting of Rajasthan

Paintings of Rajasthan- miniature and folk are known all over the world for treatment and composition, colour scheme and subjecting. The purpose of Rajasthani paintings is pleasure. Hence, women have been given prominence in all the artists’ creations. Folk paintings have also developed side by side. Use of vibrant colours, bold lines, two dimensional treatment of figures and entire composition distributed in compartments are some of the unique features of these paintings, popularly known as ‘phad’ paintings.

‘Mandana’ is a folk craft of decoration of houses, which is quite popular in rural areas. Mandanas indicate seasons with the vegetable designs depicting Diwali with the 'bali' of barley and Holi with the raw mango. Sanjhi figure is made during the Dussehra festival.