Detail of a Leaf with the Birth of Mahavira
Date: 1375-1400
Place: Gujaret, Western India
Now presented: Victoria and Albert Museum
Medium: Manuscript
Key figure in Jainism: the mother of Mahavira here giving birth
Place: Gujaret, Western India
Now presented: Victoria and Albert Museum
Medium: Manuscript
Key figure in Jainism: the mother of Mahavira here giving birth
Maya, Mother of Buddha, Holding a Tree Branch
Date: c. 18th Century
Place: Nepal
Now presented: Museé Guimet, Paris
Medium: Gilt Bronze inlaid precious stones, height 22"
Here the mother of the enlightened is shown, hands in mudra, holding the Bodhi branch.
Place: Nepal
Now presented: Museé Guimet, Paris
Medium: Gilt Bronze inlaid precious stones, height 22"
Here the mother of the enlightened is shown, hands in mudra, holding the Bodhi branch.
Bharat Mata (Mother India)
Author: Abanindranath Tagore
Date: 1905
Place: India
Now presented: Rabindra Bharati Society
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, 10 1/2 x 6"
Here the sacred Mother of India and The depiction of India as a Hindu goddess implies that it is not just the patriotic but also the religious duty of all Indians to participate in the nationalist struggle to defend the nation
Date: 1905
Place: India
Now presented: Rabindra Bharati Society
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, 10 1/2 x 6"
Here the sacred Mother of India and The depiction of India as a Hindu goddess implies that it is not just the patriotic but also the religious duty of all Indians to participate in the nationalist struggle to defend the nation
Hatyogini Naika
Author: Gogi Saroj Pal
Date: 1996
Place: India
Medium: Gouache on Paper, 9.8" x 13.8"
Gogi Saroj Pal was born in Neoli, UP in 1945. She studied for two years at the College of Art, Vanasthanli, Rajasthan between 1961 and 1962. She then went to obtain a diploma in painting at the College of Art in Lucknow in 1967. Subsequently, she became a vocational student for postgraduate study in painting at the College of Art, Delhi. From 1969, Gogi Saroj Pal has been showing regularly and participating in artists' workshops, and camps. She works in several media including oil, gouache, ceramics, weaving, graphics and installations.
The iconography of woman is an important feature of Gogi Saroj Pal's work and her images are not devoid of context. The status of women in society and nuances of their degradation find reflection in her work. Pal mixes fantasy and myth to create her doe-eyed women riding on animals in different postures.
Saroj Pal lives and works in New Delhi
Date: 1996
Place: India
Medium: Gouache on Paper, 9.8" x 13.8"
Gogi Saroj Pal was born in Neoli, UP in 1945. She studied for two years at the College of Art, Vanasthanli, Rajasthan between 1961 and 1962. She then went to obtain a diploma in painting at the College of Art in Lucknow in 1967. Subsequently, she became a vocational student for postgraduate study in painting at the College of Art, Delhi. From 1969, Gogi Saroj Pal has been showing regularly and participating in artists' workshops, and camps. She works in several media including oil, gouache, ceramics, weaving, graphics and installations.
The iconography of woman is an important feature of Gogi Saroj Pal's work and her images are not devoid of context. The status of women in society and nuances of their degradation find reflection in her work. Pal mixes fantasy and myth to create her doe-eyed women riding on animals in different postures.
Saroj Pal lives and works in New Delhi
Cover photo: Taj Mahal, Agra, India