Patna School of Painting (also Patna Qalaam, or Patna Kalam) is a style of Indian painting which existed in Bihar, India in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] Patna Qalaam was the world's first independent school of painting which dealt exclusively with the commoner and their lifestyle, which also helped Patna Kalam paintings gain in popularity.[2] The principal centers of this style were in Patna, Danapur and Arrah.
The art historian, Mildred Archer said of the Patna school of Painting that: "It marks the fusion of Eastern and Western taste which occurred in the nineteenth century and mirrors the interests and artistic fashions of the period. The school is, in fact, a summary of the complicated interplay of European and Indian cultures in the nineteenth century."[3]
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- ^ Archer, Mildred (1948). Patna Painting. Royal India Society. p. vii.