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Garhwal school Prints
About the Garhwal School
Garhwal painting is the Pahari miniature painting of the Garhwal kingdom in the Himalayan foothills, whose capital was Srinagar, in present-day Uttarakhand. Local tradition holds that two Mughal court painters, Sham Das and his son Har Das, came to Garhwal in 1658 with the fleeing prince Sulaiman Shikoh and stayed on at court as picture-makers. Their descendants continued to paint in a Mughal manner.
The best-known painter is Mola Ram of Srinagar, a descendant of that family, who served the Garhwal rulers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and is often credited with creating the Garhwal school. Garhwal painters shared the Pahari love of the Krishna legend. The kingdom was taken by the Gorkhas in 1803 and then by the British in 1815. Works by Mola Ram are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Garhwal University museum in Srinagar.
Garhwal school prints: reproductions of miniature paintings from the hill kingdom of Garhwal, made between about 1775 and 1840. The collection includes Radha with Her Confidant, Pining for Krishna (1775), Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon, from a Bhagavata Purana (1785) and Vanasura's Sons Submit to Krishna (1840).
This selection follows Krishna through love and battle: Radha longing for him, his victory over the serpent Kaliya, and the sons of the demon Vanasura submitting to him. The three pages span about 65 years of Garhwal painting.
The devotional scenes suit bedrooms, living rooms and quiet reading corners. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
