Pahari paintings are related to life, to human feelings and to
the
environment and it acquired deserved significance.
The painting depicts a musician and the patron. The artist is
comfortably
seated and placing the veena in his lap he strums it. He
instantly invokes
applause. Another veena lying in the foreground suggests that he
is here to
train the lady. He is immaculately dressed in an ankle length
jama and a
pearl strung turban. The lady wears a colourful attire and rests
against
bolsters and cushions. Fruits, nuts and wine are laid out on the
carpet. An
elaborate lamp holds numerous flames. Everything in the
foreground speaks of
grandeur. And all that we have talked of occupies the clearly
divided lower
half.
The other half consists of beauty and grandeur in stone and
mortar. Here the
architectural elements are employed to indicate and lend depth
and direction
not only to different segments but to the total composition
itself.
The patterns on the wall, the unusual colour palette and the use
of golden
paint imply that the artist has left no stone unturned to make
this painting
an extraordinary one!
This description by Renu Rana.
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