Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-State
Little is known of the lives of the individual painters of the Pahari school, which included Nainsukh (c.1710-78), a painter of miniatures from the Punjab hills who developed the distinctive Guler style. In this pioneering account, Goswamy (Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Modern India), a former professor of art history at Punjab University, presents a catalog of 99 paintings that he attributes to Nainsukh, each shown in a full-color plate accompanied by a detailed commentary. Goswamy makes convincing arguments for the provenance of Balwant Singh, a minor hill chieftain of the Punjab hills who was Nainsukh's patron and the subject of most of his paintings. One chapter traces when and how the artist's works entered public and private collections. Extensively annotated but lacking an index, this is recommended for larger art collections, especially those with a focus on Pahari and Indian miniature painting.ARavi Shenoy, Hinsdale P.L., ILCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.