Warli Paintings

By:Rupesh DhindeSIMSREEM12010MMS1

Outline

• Introduction• Theme• Artists• Paintings

Introduction

• Art form of Indian indigenous tribe Warli• Found in Talasari and Dahanu talukas of northern

Maharashtra and in some parts of Gujarat• First discovered in early seventies• Painted white on mud walls• Similar to pre-historic cave paintings

Theme

• Depict social life • Used to decorate walls of houses• Rice paste is used as color• Triangles, circle and rectangle are main components

Jivya Soma Mhase

• M.F Husain of Warli paintings• Exhibited paintings in Jahangir

art gallery in 1976• Internationally recognized • Won PadmaShree Award in 2011

References

• www.warli.in• Warlipaintingsart.blogspot.in• www.adiyuva.in• AYUSH

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