History / origin of Madhubani / Mithila Paintings

Primarily cow dung paste along with mud and is applied on walls, floors to give an ideal blackish background over which pictures are drawn with the help of white rice paste. Dazzling colors extracted from vegetables are then applied on figures making those more vibrant. Madhubani painters on application of thin layers of cow dung and mud paste on the canvases to give a more genuine appearance in order to help in appropriate combination of color.

Fundamentally accomplished by feminine folk Madhubani is solely womanly school of folk art painting of India. As a breather from routine homework they portray their vision, values, ethnicity and creativeness with intangible facts mostly of linear pattern. This art is not confined to the feminine genus now, as the male painters is ever ever-increasing every day.

Madhubani paintings are by and large based on themes of religious / mythological paintings of India. Which are branched into two – little and great tradition. While the little tradition based on Gods like Raja Salesh, Jutki Malini, Reshma and others, the Great tradition is a homage to Hindu Gods like Krishna / Radha / Har / Lord Shiva /  Parvati / Lord Ganesha /  Durga Art / Paintings and many others. On the other hand, village scenes, daily life, flowers wall art etc that form an element of life of painters as well entered the sphere of paintings of Godhna