Puratan Sikh art

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Puratan Sikh art from Gurdwara Baba Atal rai. The artwork was done by Jaimal Singh Naqash and Mehtab Singh Naqash. "Naqash" means artist. These two artists also did artwork at Harmandir sahib and at Gurdware in Baba Bakala

 

Art from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai depicting Guru Nanak Dev jis Janamsakhi

 

 

 

 

Gach and Tukri work done by Mehtab Singh Naqash on the ceiling at Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai

 

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Awesome post!

 

This one is especially great in details of a class environment. Look at the bottom left corner here. The kid in yellow appears to be smacking up the other one for breaking his water bucket. lol!

Then on the right corner another kid appears to be punishing a classmate with the old kukkar move. 

Are the ones in the middle are making pens (or kalams)? 

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19th century Sikh soldier from Lahore

 

19 century mural from original akal takht

 

1825 Punjab plains 

 

1840    not sure if they are Sikhs but it was done in Punjab during the Sikh empire 

 

1850 Punjab plains

 

Photo 1902 of wall painting at Harmandir sahib parkaram

 

fresco at original akal takht

 

 

 

hunting  1820

 

rare painting depicting Guru Tegh Bahadur jis head being carried 

 

baba bir singh naurangabad

 

Hazur Sahib

 

Maharaja Ranjit Singhs court.   looks so majestic ...

 

dancers at maharaja ranjit singhs court,   great detail in the painting!

 

Guru Gobind Singh ji 1800 pahari

 

Guru Gobind Singh ji painting at a mandir in jammu 

 

Guru Hargobind Sahib ji and Baba Bidhi chand at original akal takht 

 

guru hargobind sahib ji and bhai rupa

 

guru tegh bahadur ji

 

 

Hari singh nalwa,  looks so grand ....

harmandir sahib 1820

 

jassa singh ramgharia (with his sons?) 1780  this is one of the oldest sikh paintings iv seen   its done during the sikh misl period  really interesting.  not much is known about the art and culture of that time. 

 

sikhs 1780

 

wazir singh nikkai 1780

 

painting from khem singh bedi haveli in pakistan

frescoes of women and khem singh haveli

frescoe of harmandir sahib and khem singh haveli 

 

maharaja ranjit singh on elephant in lahore. a lot of detail  you can see a jain monk at the bottom with his mouth covered and some sadhus? 

 

maharani jind kaur

 

sikh afghan war

 

Sikh couple

 

painting of durga at Gurudwara at Nurungabad c.1720 AD. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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looks like his mrs is telling him off lol 

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Sikh women 1860s    by artist Bishan Singh 

 

 

Maharaja Sher Singh court     artist Bishan Singh

 

sikh woman amritsar    most likely british drawing

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hmm

OK from english observations and actually identifiable sikh bibian they wear jooda at dasam dwaar as taught by Guru ji (hukamnama says not wear plaits or open hair, to keep hair covered). Whereas the dancing girls and the ones in the cart wearing their hair similarly like traditional hindu women (compare against southern indian hair fashions with guth and flower adornments)

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15 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

hmm

OK from english observations and actually identifiable sikh bibian they wear jooda at dasam dwaar as taught by Guru ji (hukamnama says not wear plaits or open hair, to keep hair covered). Whereas the dancing girls and the ones in the cart wearing their hair similarly like traditional hindu women (compare against southern indian hair fashions with guth and flower adornments)

The sikh lady from amritsar has her jooda on top of her head. The ladies in the cart   2 of the ladies with the pink chunnis have their jooda tied on top of the head too.  

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Sikh women tied jooras on top of their heads.

Maharani Mehtab  kaur

 

Maharani jind kaur

 

Preist looks like he needs a bigger top

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^^^^

 

Okay, looking at the last image we can clearly see an early example of the now ubiquitous gyani with button-bursting tidh action going on. hmmmmm.....

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1 hour ago, dallysingh101 said:

^^^^

 

Okay, looking at the last image we can clearly see an early example of the now ubiquitous gyani with button-bursting tidh action going on. hmmmmm.....

lmao      it aint a recent phenomena 

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maharaja ranjit singh with maharani mehtab kaur

 

Maharani Chand Kaur  wife of Maharaja Kharak Singh 

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Amrita Sher gil, similar paintings to the ones of the bengali renaissance 

 i like the earthy colours she used. the people in he paintings look really depressed. 

 

I remember seeing a painting of nihung singhs by her  but i cant find it now 

amrita in her studio 

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14 hours ago, puzzled said:

Amrita Sher gil, similar paintings to the ones of the bengali renaissance 

 i like the earthy colours she used. the people in he paintings look really depressed. 

 

I remember seeing a painting of nihung singhs by her  but i cant find it now 

amrita in her studio 

reminds me of Gaguin style .

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23 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

reminds me of Gaguin style .

Yh you can see the European influence in her art, she went to europe for painting classes  france I think?  but really missed india so came back.    Its said she was influenced by the ajanta cave paintings aswell when she visited them, you can definitely see the influence from the ajanta paintings.