Representations of God Ganesh have been innumerable in the domain of stone or metal carvings from long time as well as nowadays; similarly, one can easily understand that Ganesh drawings, paintings and all sorts of expression in the graphic arts are most important too. The rich indian tradition in these was obvious from the 17th century and later, in traditional schools of painting, in Rajasthan and elsewhere in north India, mainly.
In modern times, under less "refined" but nevertheless vivid styles, the images of hindu deities, and particularly Ganesh, provide endless inspiration to thousands artists.
This art must be artificially divided into different branches :
The host of Ganesh representation in postcards and posters : the chapter of
folk images provides a representative range of them.
Artists who are renowned at the indian national level or at the international level benefit the rapid
economic growth of India and the wealthy part of its population who helps them to increase their reputation; to this first category belongs
obviously a fine selection of unique paintings and sculptures that the New York gallery belonging to
Peterlouisarts kindly permitted us to reproduce here.
Link to Paintings of PeterLouisArt Gallery.
In a medium range, however interesting, the "local artists" who expect to improve their present status
can be represented by paintings sold at the BanarasArtCulture Gallery (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh),
mail : banarasartculture@yahoo.com, reproduced here thanks to their special permission.
Printings, lithos and other kinds of image reproductions, known from the 17th century in indian art, but which
expanded during the first part of the 20th century, with the development of lithography technics, are presented in this chapter. Some are rather old
images that we were lucky to collect during our travels. Others have been discovered on the Web on Museum, Art galleries or private collections websites.
(Useful to read).
Link to a selection of
lithographies of the 20th century
Link to images of Ganesh forms, found in the
Srîtattvanidhi, a book written in the 19th century in Karnataka, under the reign
of the Mysore Mahârâja, which compiles and describes precisely the thirty two main forms of Lord Ganesh
Link to images of
miniature paintings of Ganesh, belonging to various Museums
Link to modern Ganesh
miniature paintings, characteristic of the rich handicraft from Rajasthan
Link to other modern
art painting of Ganesh, according to various regional styles and traditions :
kalamkari from Andhra Pradesh, pattachittra from Orissa, Madhubani paintings from Bihar, phad from Rajasthan, Tanjavur paintings,
paintings on marble from Agra, etc...
These painting are also on display in the handicraft chapter.
The case of thangkas from Nepal and Tibet may also
been reported here because it is a major pictural art in its geographical area.
Moreover it's a religious art, since a thangka is a meditation support. One will find on a
particular page some exemples of these paintings on tissue; some of them are also displayed in the
chapter on handicraft.
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