Question

What was the purpose of East India Company to recruit the Indian artists? In 100-150 words

Answer 1

not to create a sense of natoinalism among people

Answer 2

As the British East India company expanded its purview in South Asia during the late 1700s, great numbers of its employees moved from England to carve out new lives for themselves in India. As they travelled through the country and encountered unusual flora and fauna, stunning ancient monuments, and exotic new people, they wanted to capture these images to send or take home. Whereas the modern tourist would rely on his camera for such a task, 18th and 19th century Travellers hard to hire Indian painters to do the job. The works produced by these artists, Undertaken in a European style and palette, are known collectively as "Company" paintings. They are characterized in medium by the use of watercolors, and in technique by the appearance of linear perspective and shading.
Aesthetically, they are the of the descendants of the picturesque scenes of India created by the likes of Thomas and William Daniell.