KALIGHAT POT

Characterised by bright colours and bold outlines, kalighat painting evolved as a unique genre of indian painting in 19TH-century kolkata (formerly calcutta), in west bengal. From the depiction of gods and other mythological characters, these paintings developed over time to reflect a variety of themes.

PATACHITRA

Patachitra or pattachitra is a general term for traditional, cloth-based scroll painting, based in the eastern indian states of odisha, west bengal and parts of bangladesh. Patachitra artform is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folktales inscribed in it.

DUTCH BENGAL PAINTINGS

A large number of anonymous oils on religious and mythological themes began to emerge in bengal in the late eighteenth–early nineteenth century from the french colony of chandernagore and the dutch colony of chinsurah. Variously called french or dutch bengal oils, they also came from other areas like chitpur and garanhata localities of calcutta and thus came to be known as early bengal oils.