Title : Warli Painting
Accession No : 92/3/D/NHHM (8)
This is an example of Warli Painting from Maharastra. The background paper is brown in colour, wrapped in a wooden frame. Typical Warli trees, birds and animal are painted on the canvas with white colour. In the painting hilly areas are depicted.
Gallery
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Provenance
- StateMaharashtra
Condition
- ConditionAverage
- Action NoteCR; Slightly Damaged
Dimensions
- Measurement (CMS)76 x 56
Significance
- ArtisticWarli Tribe of Maharashtra practice one of the oldest folk paintings, which is Warli Painting. These rudimentary wall paintings use a set of basic geometric shapes: a circle, a triangle, and a square. These shapes are symbolic of different elements of nature. The walls of the huts in the village are made of a mixture of branches, earth and red brick that make a red ochre background for the paintings. The white pigment used in the painting is made from a mixture of rice flour and water, with gum as a binder. A bamboo stick is chewed at the end to give it the texture of a paintbrush.
Description
- DescriptionThis is an example of Warli Painting from Maharastra. The background paper is brown in colour, wrapped in a wooden frame. Typical Warli trees, birds and animal are painted on the canvas with white colour. In the painting hilly areas are depicted.
- Inscription/Markings No
- ReferenceIndian Painting . Edited by Padma Kaimal Mahesh Sharma. New Jersey: Grantha Corporation, 2013.
- KeywordWarli, Painting, Tribal, Tree, Hut