Kalighat Paintings

Timing

: 11:00 onwards.

Start Date

: May 11, 2012

End Date

: May 25, 2012

Category

: Paintings > Mixed

Artist

: Various Artists

Venue

: National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)

City

: New Delhi, Delhi  [India]

National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), in collaboration with Victoria and Albert Museum, London, presents a show of Kalighat paintings this month. A product of the changing urban society of 19th century Calcutta these paintings were satires lampooning the hypocrisies of the nouveau rich and the changing roles of women.

National Gallery of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Show of Kalighat Paintings, 19th Century Calcutta, Nouveau Rich, Changing Roles of Women, Kalighat Paintings