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Kalighat painting, Kalighat Patachitra, or Kalighat Pat (Bengali: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র) originated as a distinct style or genre of Indian paintings in the 19th century, practiced and produced by a group of specialised scroll painters known as the patuas in the vicinity of the Kalighat Kali Temple in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), located in the present Indian state of West Bengal. Composed of bold outlines, vibrant colour tones, featuring minimal background details, these paintings and drawings, done on hand-made, or more usually, machine manufactured, paper, depicted mythological stories, figures of Hindu gods and goddesses, as well as scenes from everyday life and society, thereby recording a socio-cultural landscape which was undergoing a series of transitions during the 19th and early 20th ce

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  • La pintura kalighat (en bengalí: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র) pot definir-se com un art popular que va sorgir durant el segle XIX a la regió índia de Bengala Occidental. Relacionada amb el temple de la deessa Kali en Kaligat, a prop de Calcuta, erigit en 1809, es va caracteritzar per imatges devocionals per als pelegrins i per alguns temes profans en aquarel·la, sobretot paper entre 1830 i 1930. (ca)
  • La pintura kaligaht puede definirse como una escuela india de pintura popular, relacionada con el Templio Kalighat de la diosa Kali, cerca de Calcuta, en el estado indio de Bengala Occidental (India), es un templo hindú que data de 1809. Se caracterizó por imágenes devocionales para los peregrinos y algunos temas profanos en acuarela, sobre papel entre 1830 y 1930.​ (es)
  • Tandis que le pouvoir colonial réduisait à presque rien l'artisanat rural au XIXe siècle, les gens des villages migrèrent, pour survivre, vers Calcutta, la capitale britannique de l'époque. Simultanément, les écoles d'art et de peinture, suivant les canons de l'art traditionnel Moghol, ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques des écoles de peintures hindoues, commencèrent à perdre leurs mécènes habituels, en raison de la perte d'influence politique des élites locales. C'est alors que la peinture dite Kalighat apparut pour tenter de combler le vide du monde de l'art au Bengale. Les villageois qui confluaient vers Calcutta se rassemblaient autour d'un lieu nommé Kalighat, car c'est là que se trouve le famous temple très vénéré de la Déesse Kâlî. (fr)
  • Kalighat painting, Kalighat Patachitra, or Kalighat Pat (Bengali: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র) originated as a distinct style or genre of Indian paintings in the 19th century, practiced and produced by a group of specialised scroll painters known as the patuas in the vicinity of the Kalighat Kali Temple in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), located in the present Indian state of West Bengal. Composed of bold outlines, vibrant colour tones, featuring minimal background details, these paintings and drawings, done on hand-made, or more usually, machine manufactured, paper, depicted mythological stories, figures of Hindu gods and goddesses, as well as scenes from everyday life and society, thereby recording a socio-cultural landscape which was undergoing a series of transitions during the 19th and early 20th century, the time when the creation of the Kalighat pat reached its pinnacle. Today the Victoria and Albert Museum in London hosts the single largest collection of Kalighat paintings in the world. The museum boasts 645 paintings including watercolours, line-drawings and hand-painted lithographs. (en)
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  • La pintura kalighat (en bengalí: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র) pot definir-se com un art popular que va sorgir durant el segle XIX a la regió índia de Bengala Occidental. Relacionada amb el temple de la deessa Kali en Kaligat, a prop de Calcuta, erigit en 1809, es va caracteritzar per imatges devocionals per als pelegrins i per alguns temes profans en aquarel·la, sobretot paper entre 1830 i 1930. (ca)
  • La pintura kaligaht puede definirse como una escuela india de pintura popular, relacionada con el Templio Kalighat de la diosa Kali, cerca de Calcuta, en el estado indio de Bengala Occidental (India), es un templo hindú que data de 1809. Se caracterizó por imágenes devocionales para los peregrinos y algunos temas profanos en acuarela, sobre papel entre 1830 y 1930.​ (es)
  • Kalighat painting, Kalighat Patachitra, or Kalighat Pat (Bengali: কালীঘাট পটচিত্র) originated as a distinct style or genre of Indian paintings in the 19th century, practiced and produced by a group of specialised scroll painters known as the patuas in the vicinity of the Kalighat Kali Temple in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), located in the present Indian state of West Bengal. Composed of bold outlines, vibrant colour tones, featuring minimal background details, these paintings and drawings, done on hand-made, or more usually, machine manufactured, paper, depicted mythological stories, figures of Hindu gods and goddesses, as well as scenes from everyday life and society, thereby recording a socio-cultural landscape which was undergoing a series of transitions during the 19th and early 20th ce (en)
  • Tandis que le pouvoir colonial réduisait à presque rien l'artisanat rural au XIXe siècle, les gens des villages migrèrent, pour survivre, vers Calcutta, la capitale britannique de l'époque. Simultanément, les écoles d'art et de peinture, suivant les canons de l'art traditionnel Moghol, ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques des écoles de peintures hindoues, commencèrent à perdre leurs mécènes habituels, en raison de la perte d'influence politique des élites locales. C'est alors que la peinture dite Kalighat apparut pour tenter de combler le vide du monde de l'art au Bengale. (fr)
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