Art & craft · Patna

Patna Kalam

A school of painting attentive to occupations, markets, ceremonies and the texture of everyday life.

SectionArt & Craft
SeasonHistorical tradition
RegionPatna

Patna Kalam belongs to the history of painting in the city and is especially valuable for how it observed ordinary work and social life. It offers a visual archive of Bihar beyond courts, monuments and rulers.

Future reporting here should connect surviving works, museum collections and the artists who shaped the school.

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