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Sikh painting is a form of Sikh art style spread from Punjab Hills to the Punjab Plains which flourished between the 18th to 19th centuries. Major centres for the art school was Lahore, Amritsar, Patiala, Nabha, Kapurthala and Jind. Artists from surrounding regions migrated to Punjab seeking patronage for varying reasons.
In Punjab, during festivals such as Holi, Karva Chauth and Diwali, walls and courtyards of rural houses are enhanced with drawings and paintings similar to rangoli in South India, mandana in Rajasthan, and rural arts in other parts of India. Chowk-poorana mud wall art in Punjab is given shape by the peasant women of the state.
Gian Singh Naqqash (1883 – 1953) was a Punjabi Sikh artist who specialized in naqqashi and mohrakashi methods. [1] [2] [3] He was a fresco painter and worked at the Golden Temple for more than 33 years. [4] [3] He is particularly known for painting in the style that is known as the Sikh School of Painting. [5]
Sikh art, also known as the Sikh School [1], is the artwork created by or associated with Sikhs and Sikhism.Sikh artwork exists in many forms, such as miniature, oil, and watercolour paintings, murals, and wood carvings.
Painting in the Punjab developed during the reign of Iltutmish of the Khilji dynasty, who had patronized it. [11] A historical reference to this was made in the Tarikh-I-Ferozeshi. [11] Sikh art, including Sikh painting, is mostly derived from Punjab's art traditions. [11]
Sardar Sobha Singh was born on 29 November 1901 in a Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab.His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry. Sobha Singh joined British Indian Army as a draughtsman in 1919 and served at Iraq till 1923 when he resigned from the Army and opened his own studio at Amritsar in 1923.