Question

explain the effects of portrait paintings becoming popular during colonial period.

Answer 1

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This was another popular visual art form of colonial India. Unlike the traditional Indian style of miniature portraits, the paintings of the British period were larger than like and looked more realistic. This was certainly due to the interest of the rich and famous Indians and British individuals, who were keen to see themselves on canvas.

Most of the portrait paintings were a depiction of grandeur and social status of the elites of that time. Under their patronage, many European artists travelled all the way from Europe to India and were hired as commissioned artists.

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Answer 2

Another tradition of art that became immensely popular in colonial India was portrait painting. The rich and the powerful, both British and Indian, wanted to see themselves on canvas. Unlike the existing Indian tradition of painting portraits in miniature, colonial portraits were life-size images that looked lifelike and real. The size of the paintings itself projected the importance of the patrons who commissioned these portraits. This new style of portraiture also served as an ideal means of displaying the lavish lifestyles, wealth and status that the empire generated. As portrait painting became popular, many European portrait painters came to India in search of profitable commissions. One of the most famous of the visiting European painters was Johann Zoffany. He was born in Germany, migrated to England and came to India in the mid-1780s for five years.