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Born in Jitwarpur, Bihar, Baua Devi is one of the pioneers of Madhubani painting, an ancient folk art the region is known for. She is the only Mithila artist to be included in the ground breaking show "Magicians of the Earth" at Centre Pompidou (Paris) in 1988.

She won the Indian National award in 1984. Received the Padmashri in 2017(The highest civilian honor in India).

Devi was the youngest among the first group of artists who transported traditional Maithili patterns onto white sheets of paper when Pupul Jayakar, director, All India Handicrafts Board, sent Mumbai artist Bhaskar Kulkarni to Madhubani in Bihar in 1966.

Baua Devi's work ranges from paintings on small sheets to canvases up to 16-20 feet high, giving her own interpretations to folk tales. She reworks the legend of Krishna in some, while the grand wedding of Ram and Sita is the focus in others, with the emphasis on Sita's narrative.

Despite the modernization in form and theme, she still prefers painting using natural colours. Black is made by blending soot and cow dung, green comes from leaves, white from rice powder and red from vermilion.

Her work is regularly exhibited in Spain, Paris and Japan. She was the recipient of the National Award in 1984. She has shown as the solo selected artist in LA Art show in 2020 and the outsider art fair in New York in 2020.


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All artworks of Baua Devi
Painting, Untitled, Baua Devi

Untitled

Baua Devi

Painting - 29 x 20 inch

$3,142

Painting, Untitled, Baua Devi

Untitled

Baua Devi

Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.4 inch

$3,117

Painting, Untitled, Baua Devi

Untitled

Baua Devi

Painting - 22 x 30.5 x 0.4 inch

$3,117

Painting, Untitled, Baua Devi

Untitled

Baua Devi

Painting - 20 x 28 inch

$6,283

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Born in Jitwarpur, Bihar, Baua Devi is one of the pioneers of Madhubani painting, an ancient folk art the region is known for. She is the only Mithila artist to be included in the ground breaking show "Magicians of the Earth" at Centre Pompidou (Paris) in 1988.

She won the Indian National award in 1984. Received the Padmashri in 2017(The highest civilian honor in India).

Devi was the youngest among the first group of artists who transported traditional Maithili patterns onto white sheets of paper when Pupul Jayakar, director, All India Handicrafts Board, sent Mumbai artist Bhaskar Kulkarni to Madhubani in Bihar in 1966.

Baua Devi's work ranges from paintings on small sheets to canvases up to 16-20 feet high, giving her own interpretations to folk tales. She reworks the legend of Krishna in some, while the grand wedding of Ram and Sita is the focus in others, with the emphasis on Sita's narrative.

Despite the modernization in form and theme, she still prefers painting using natural colours. Black is made by blending soot and cow dung, green comes from leaves, white from rice powder and red from vermilion.

Her work is regularly exhibited in Spain, Paris and Japan. She was the recipient of the National Award in 1984. She has shown as the solo selected artist in LA Art show in 2020 and the outsider art fair in New York in 2020.

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When was Baua Devi born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1940