Bharti Dayal

Bharti Dayal (born December 1961 in Samastipur[1] in the Darbhanga district of North Bihar) is an Indian artist specialized in Madhubani art.

Bharti Dayal
BornDecember 1961 (age 59)
Samastipur, Bihar, India
OccupationPainter
Years active1984–present
Known forMadhubani (Mithila) paintings

Biography

Dayal was born in the Darbhanga district of North Bihar, the Mithila region famous for Madhubani painting. She followed an initial higher education in science and holds a Master of Science Degree (MSc).[1]

Work

Beginning from a young age, she learnt Madhubani painting from her mother and grandmother,[1] which she pursued as her professional activity from 1984, subsequent to her formal education in science. She has striven to bring innovation in the traditional art practised in Mithila, and maintains her art studio in New Delhi. She has taken it upon herself to help other women artists from her region, guiding them to refine their work.[1]

Dayal has given a contemporary cast to traditional Madhubani art by using modern media such as acrylic and canvas. She paints with natural, vegetable-based colours. In her paintings, there are undercurrents of "love, longing, and peace" in her renditions of Krishna and Radha.[1]

Exhibitions

Dayal has held numerous exhibitions of her work nationally and internationally. Her Madhubani art was the subject of a documentary shown on French television in 1995.[1] A show of her works in acrylic on canvas painted between June 2015 and June 2016 was organised by the Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA).[2]

Dayal's seven Madhubani paintings, which are a combination of traditional art with contemporary modern subjects, are included in the book The New Bihar. Her illustration for the book's cover includes a girl riding a bicycle, symbolizing the "empowerment of women and the quest for education", and a fish, which denotes the theme of "rainbow agriculture", or the blending of agricultural pursuits to enhance rural income. Book authors N.K. Singh and Nicholas Stern have observed: "Bharti's use of the traditional style on contemporary themes can contribute to the revival of Madhubani art".[3]

Awards
  • AIFACS
  • Millennium award
  • National Merit awards
  • 2006: India's National Award for excellence in handicrafts[1]

Publications
  • Madhubani Art. Niyogi Books. 2016. ISBN 9385285084.
Cover art

References
  1. "Artists: Bharti Dayal (b. 1961)". Museum of Sacred Art. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. Gurvich, Martin. "Exhibitions:Madhubani Art (Indian Art Series) – Bharti Dayal [June 2015 – June 2016]". Museum of Sacred Art. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. Singh & Stern 2013, p. 6.

Bibliography
  • Singh, N. K.; Stern, Nicholas (23 August 2013). The New Bihar. HarperCollins Publishers India. ISBN 978-93-5029-642-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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