by Fattu. From the Bihari Sat Sai series.
Kangra School. Late 18th century AD.
Besides painting the Bhagwat Puran series, Fattu also did a series of paintings based on the poetry of Bihari called the Sat Sai. Bihari Lal Chaube ( 1595- 1663) was the court poet of Mirza Raja Jai Singh of Amber (Jaipur). At his instance Bihari composed 700 couplets. These couplets deal with the love between Krishna and Radha, the hero and heroine of Bhakti cult. These couplets have been arranged according to the classification of Nayika (heroine) and Nayak (hero).
Fattu paints the couplet as under:Clad in the newly-washed garment, the Nayika is cooking;The kitchen is shining with the radiance of her lovely face.
The oval format is a hallmark of Fattu's work. He paints Radha cooking in her simple kitchen. She is no princess, but is a villager sitting in her hut and cooking. Her Sakhi (friend) describes her radiant beauty to Krishna who is tending his cows in thr background. Fattu's strength is his ability to transform the divine couple into ordinary human beings. Divinity becomes accessible.
Fattu paints the couplet as under:Clad in the newly-washed garment, the Nayika is cooking;The kitchen is shining with the radiance of her lovely face.
The oval format is a hallmark of Fattu's work. He paints Radha cooking in her simple kitchen. She is no princess, but is a villager sitting in her hut and cooking. Her Sakhi (friend) describes her radiant beauty to Krishna who is tending his cows in thr background. Fattu's strength is his ability to transform the divine couple into ordinary human beings. Divinity becomes accessible.
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