Folk Painter Editorial Image

A portrait a folk painter.Patachitra, an ancient folk art of Bengal,is appreciated by art lovers all over the world for its effortless style of drawings, colours, lines and space usage. The history of 'patachitra' or scroll painting in Bengal goes back to more than two thousand years. The world Pata derived from the Sanskrit word Patta means cloth. The painters are called Patuas. Patuas generally use natural colours, which they procure from various trees, leaves, flowers and clays.