Glass Paintings - Rich Indian Art Tradition

By Murtaza Habib

Do you know that India has been one of the top countries that has wide varieties of artistic forms? What if you knew that India has its artistic foundation built in before 2000 years?
India has its artistic tradition hidden in various cultures, traditions, regions, religions of ancient times even times before brushes and papers were produced.

That's right, in olden days India practiced art on palm leaves where various textures and illustrations were created.

In this article you will learn more about glass paintings, one of the unique Indian artistic forms.

Do you know when glass painting evolved in India? It was between 18th and 19th century.

At that time Europe had achieved mastery in glass paintings during the middle ages.

A Chinese artist learned the skill of glass painting from Europe that helped them out to provide quality paintings that were then exported to Europe.

In the mean while there were strong trade relations between India and China which eventually got this unique form of art to India.

Glass painting was mostly used by local artists who painted popular epics and stories on the glasses. The most commonly form of painting was that of Lord Ganesha.

The special type of glass on which painting was performed was imported from countries like Belgium and Britain.

In fact, India was one of the best quality glass producers during 16th century, but it was of no use because this form of art lost its interest eventually as time passed by.

Various ancient traditional themes along with European themes were used in this unique form of glass painting.

European works and portraits along with Indian epics like Ramayan and pictures of God and Goddesses were created on glasses which were in high demand.

If you observe carefully there are some parts of North and South India where glass paintings are still widely popular where they specialize in producing various popular and folk art traditions.

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