VR11 – Kangra Painting Beginners Course

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Guru Ji Vandana Rajan is a traditional Folk Art artist Guruji’s art journey has commenced at the age of 12 from her  and after that never looked back. She pursued her graduation and post graduation from Banaras Hindu University- One of the top most university of India. Guruji Vandana has been creating beautiful paintings since 25 years and has done marvelous work in inspiring young generation by taking intensive classes and workshops. She is also been exhibiting her various artforms and paintings through many exhibitions.

Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, a former princely state, which patronized the art. It became prevalent with the fading of Basholi school of painting in mid-18th century and soon produced such a magnitude in paintings both in content as well as volume, that the Pahari painting school, came to be known as Kangra paintings.

Though the main centres of Kangra paintings are Guler, Basohli, Chamba, Nurpur, Bilaspur and Kangra. Later on this style also reached Mandi, Suket, Kullu, Arki, Nalagarh and Tehri Garhwal (represented by Mola Ram), and now are collectively known as Pahari painting, covering the style that was patronized by Rajput rulers between the 17th and 19th centuries. Pahari paintings, as the name suggests, were paintings executed in the hilly regions of India, in the sub-Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. It is in the development and modification of Pahari paintings, that the Kangra School features. Under the patronage of Maharaja Sansar Chand (c.1765–1823), it became the most important center of Pahari painting.

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