Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Pradyumna Kumar




Madhubani Paintings done by Pradyumna Kumar. I absolutely love the detail in his work.



Pradyumna Kumar is the first ever Indian artist to win the prestigious NOMA Concourse for Picture Book Illustration. Pradyumna won the prize for his work titled “How the Firefly got its Light”. Like the paintings above this is painted in the Mithila /Madhubani style of painting.

Pradyumna started painting only 5 years ago when surgery reduced his chances of continuing working as a land surveyor. His work is very highly influenced by his wife and sister in law who are some of the finest painters in the Mithila tradition.

The paintings featured above are available for sale from the CRT website.

Read more about Pradyumna here. Buy Pradyumnas paintings here.

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