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After observing the foreign artists, Kapur Singh would adopt their techniques of oil and watercolour painting and become a master in it himself. However, Kapur also delved in producing miniatures. [7] Kapur Singh is noted for being the only late-19th century Sikh artist who successfully made the transition toward oil painting in the western ...
Sikh artwork exists in many forms, such as miniature, oil, and watercolour paintings, murals, and wood carvings. The first Sikh artists were influenced by the Pahari and Mughal schools, however the ushering in of European influences during the colonial-age would transform Sikh art by adoping Western methods and tastes for artwork.
A large portrait of a Sikh nobleman, possibly Maharaja Ranjit Singh, circa 1900. 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 ...
Bishan Singh (1836 – ca.1900 [1]), also known as Baba Bishan Singh, was a Sikh painter whom achieved high-acclaim during his life. [2] [3] [4] Much of his surviving works depicts scenes from the Sikh Empire and prominent figures of the era. [5] His paintings have sold for large sums at auction. [6]
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
Kehar Singh (1820–1882 [1]) was a Sikh artist who was employed as a court painter by the Sikh states of Lahore and Kapurthala. [note 1] [2]: xxi Baba Kehar Singh Musawar was a prominent artist of the Sikh Naqqashi school of art and helped innovate it.
Trilok Singh Chitarkar (1914-1990) was a versatile Indian painter. He has unique style of presenting himself through variety of themes - Sikh religion, history, culture, folk lore, love legends, portraits, social evils, nature, illustration of Gurbani, Shabads, visuals in Punjabi Encyclopedia and books. [1]
Kishan Singh (1836–1895 [1]), also known as Kishan Singh of Lahore, was a Sikh painter who specialized in mussawir (painters of miniatures). [note 1] [2] [1] He was born into a Ramgarhia family and was the brother of Bishan Singh. [3] [4] Kishan Singh had been employed as a court painter in the Sikh states of Kapurthala and Patiala. [5]