Modern Indian Painting: Bazaar Paintings

  • Influenced by the European encounter in India.
  • The Bazaar school did not take any Indian influence but took the Roman and Greek influence.
  • Theme
    • They made paintings on everyday bazaars that showed Indian bazaars with European backgrounds.
    • They also painted religious themes but the figures of Indian Gods and Goddesses with more than two axes and elephant faces like that of Lord Ganesha were prohibited
  • This school was prevalent in the Bengal and Bihar regions.
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