From the Tanjore Art Paintings collection
Water color painting on cotton canvas with pure gold

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INDIAN TANJORE MINIATURE ART PAINTING – Tanjore Style

DESCRIPTION: This beautiful Indian painting "Lord ganesha" of Tanjore style, depicts –

In this painting Ganesha or Ganapati is an extremely popular God in India. He is called Vighneshvara or Vighnaharta, the Lord of and destroyer of obstacles. People mostly worship Him asking for siddhi, success in undertakings, and buddhi, intelligence. He is worshipped before any venture is started. He is also the God of education, knowledge and wisdom, literature, and the fine arts. Ganesha is also one of the five Gods the worship of whom was popularised by Adi Shankaracharya; the other four are Vishnu, Shiva, Devi and Surya. The worship of these five deities is called the pancayatana puja. In some cases, a sixth God, Skanda is also worshipped.

PRODUCT CODE: PAD026

ARTIST: Award winner artist Mr. Gopal has made this marvelous Indian painting "Lord ganesha" of Tanjore Style.

INDIAN PAINTING STYLE: This beautiful handmade miniature art paining "Lord Ganesha" is belongs to the world famous Tanjore Painting.

SIZE: This Tanjore Painting is available in twelve various sizes starting from 3 x 4 inch to 48 x 72 inches.

CUSTOMIZE ORDERS: Our master artist can easily make "Lord Ganesha" of Tanjore painting in to any custom made size, you need.

CANVAS: We are using cotton cloth for longer life of "Lord Ganesha"of Tanjore painting.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
COLORS: These vibrant colors used in Indian Painting are natural earth color. Stone colors are just like the water colors made from stones. The artists themselves prepare these to make the gorgeous Indian painting. The raw materials include for example, vegetables and malachite (for green), fruits, mustard oil (for black), soil (for yellow), lime (for white), indigo and lapis lazuli (for blue). In olden days, eggs, gold powder, silver foil, was also used. Burnt wood was used for making the initial sketches. This is a unique method of preparation of colors has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. That’s why Indian painting is having prestige in the field of Arts.

PURE GOLD: To make Indian painting precious, we are using 24 carat pure gold at ornaments and dresses in painting, as it was really used by Royal persons in olden days. It is applied with the help of the brush as a color. This unique Indian method to convert gold in to liquid form has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago. So the Indian painting is really precious.

BRUSHES: These special brushes are made from the hair of the tails of squirrels and kittens, hair from the inner ears of sheep. To do miniature work on Indian painting, they also use a very special single hairbrush. This unique Indian painting method of preparation of brushes has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. Therefore the Indian painting is having such stunning miniature artwork.

TIME REQUIRED: It all depends on the art work and sizes to be done. Normally it takes 10 to 15 days to make such type Indian painting of miniature artworks. Many times for special & detailed artwork, the time taken extends up to 1 month to 6 months. So, we can’t predict the exact time to make such attractive Indian Painting.

LIQUID IS HARMFUL: It is a harmful situation for water color paintings because the colors used in these paintings can easily dilute in water. It means any washing activity is injurious for artwork. So, you have to save Indian painting from water or any liquid.If all of sudden some water drop, then you are suggested to with out folding, squeezing or disturbing (means in normal position), put in direct sun light for heating purpose and after drying, bring it back in to shade. For your kind information water can not damage oil paintings. A simple solution to extend life of your Indian painting is to do framing. We can easily find 300 to 400 years old Indian painting in very good conditions.

ORIGINAL INDIAN PAINTING: All artwork of Indian Painting on the site are original, created by accomplished artists, who have learnt their skills from their earlier generations. Art of Legend India sources all artworks directly from these artists, because of which we are able to offer these unique works at reasonable costs to the buyer.

COPY RIGHTS: Copyright and reproduction rights of the painting are retained by the Art of Legend India.Com and company will defend all copyright and reproduction rights to the Indian painting. Please do not reproduce artwork without our written permission.