TY - GEN AU - Sinha, Suhashini AU - Panda, C. TI - Kalighat paintings from the collection of Victoria and Albert museum, London and Victoria memorial hall, Kolkata SN - 9788189995669 U1 - 759.54 PY - 2011/// CY - Ahmedabad PB - Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. N1 - CONTENTS Foreword Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India 6 Martin Roth, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum 8 Introduction 10 Essays 1. Kalighat Paintings in the V&A Collection 12 Suhashini Sinha 2. Kalighat Paintings at Victoria Memorial Hall 20 Piyasi Bharasa 3. Kalam Patua: From the Interstices of the City 28 Jyotindra Jam 4. Materials and Techniques of Kalighat Paintings 34 Michael J. Wheeler and Dr Lucia Burgio Catalogue 1. Religious Subjects Gods and Goddesses 44 Scenes from the life of Krishna 53 Scenes from the Epics: The Ramayana and The Mahabharata 57 2. Social Commentaries, Proverbs and Animals 61 3. British and European Influence 77 4. The Tarakeshwar Affair 80 5. Named Artists and the End of the Century 92 6. Kalighat Themes in Different Media 98 7. Contemporary Kalighat Painting 100 Bibliography 110 Acknowledgements 111 ER -