PAINTINGS
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher
25 Jul 2021
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher - Tree of life
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher - Tree of life
Pattachitra Tussar Painting by Manisha Meher - State Design Award Painting
Manisha Meher (Born: 20 June 1984) is an award-winning young Indian
Artist (Painter). She is famous for her Odisha Pattachitra Paintings and
Fine Arts Paintings whose work has been widely exhibited in &
outside of India. Her paintings usually contain miniature themes while
her techniques also show a mix of plants, animals-birds life. There are a
lot of references to realistic work that can be found in her art.
Early life and background
Manisha was born in Sonepur, a small town of western Odisha and
currently lives in New Delhi with her husband & children. She
belongs to a renowned artist family. Her father Padmashri Kailash
Chandra Meher, mother Laxmi Meher and both brothers Prakash-Jayanta are
artists of National reputation.
Career
She was initiated into this craft when she was just fourteen. She gained
major experience in the field of Tussar Painting from her father who is
also an UNESCO & ShilpGuru award artist and having knowledge in
several field of art & crafts. Her mother, who is a well-known
painter herself, constantly encouraged and motivated her passion. Now
for the last two decades she has engaged in this craft with heart and
soul and trained herself in various techniques and soon became a
talented artist. Besides the duty of an ideal daughter she has been
giving training to many institutions like "Indian Art & Craft
Academy for Women" and "Handicrafts Handloom Museum & Service Centre
for Women" where many poor artisans are trained.
She has participated and her miniature paintings are exhibited in a
number of art exhibitions in all over India from time to time and her
paintings are highly valued by the visitors in the exhibition. Many of
them have been purchased by Museums, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of
Culture and private collections of so many VVIP in India & Abroad.
Awards
2005 – Master Craftsman National Award by President of India
2002 – State Award by Chief Minister of Odisha
2001 – State Design Award by Textile Minister of Odisha
Tussar Paintings are commonly known as Patta
Chitra and is quite a popular art in West Bengal and Odisha. It's a
traditional art done on a piece of cloth or silk sarees usually with
Lord Krishna stories. Patta means a piece of cloth and Chitra means
painting. Various types of cloth materials are used for the patta
paintings and the most popular cloths are gauze like cloth, tussar silk
and so on. Tussar paintings are theme based art with lot of motifs and
bright colors which are made from natural dyes. You can see a
distinguished border and intricate designs like those in the temple
deities. Patta paintings are known to exist from 5 B.C, where great
tales were drawn on a piece of cloth, resembling a scroll, slowly the
art was transformed to tussar silk sarees. Odisha is the land of Lord
Jaganath, so most patta paintings are stories based on Lord Jaganath and
other temple dieties. The artists are known as chitrakars and most of
them hail from the village Raghurajpur, which is quite popular for it's
craftsmanship. Tussar Silk is usually worn by women for festive
occasions, so through these tussar paintings, the artists creativity
gathers more recognition..
- 10 Beautiful Tussar Paintings - History of traditional Odisha silk saree artworks, webneel.com
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