Baua Devi

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Baua Devi
Born
Jitwarpur, Mahubani district, Bihar
StyleMithila or Madhubani painting
AwardsPadma Shri (2017), National Award (1984)

Baua Devi is a

National Award in 1984 and received the Padma Shri
in 2017.

Biography

Baua Devi has been practising the Mithila art form for almost 60 years.

National Crafts Museum. She was paid Rs.1.50 per painting for the first year that she worked for Kulkarni.[3] Her work has since travelled to galleries and museums in Spain, France and Japan.[4] In 2015, one of her paintings was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Mayor of Hanover, Stefan Schosstok on his visit to India.[5]

Style

Over the past five decades, Madhubani art has grown in prominence and Baua Devi's work has won critical acclaim—she was the only

Centre Pompidou. Her work ranges in scale from a small sheet of paper to murals up to 20 feet high. Her paintings tell the mythological stories of Lord Krishna and Ram and Sita
, while emphasising on Sita's narrative of the story. Baua Devi uses handmade paper and natural colours for her paintings, predominantly using black, yellow, red and white in her palette.

Awards

References

  1. ISBN 9788170171560
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  2. ^ MithilaConnect, Team (2017-02-03). "Baua Devi of Jitwarpur village gets Padmashree award". MithilaConnect Local. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  3. ^ "Painting on the Wall - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  4. ^ "Baua Devi". artiana.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  5. ^ "PM Modi gifts Bihar artist's painting to Hannover mayor - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  6. ^ "President Mukherjee confers Padmi Shri to Madhubani artist Baua Devi". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
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