Cheriyal scroll painting
also: Nakashi painting
Cheriyal scroll painting is a narrative folk painting tradition from the town of Cheriyal in Telangana, made by families of Nakasi (Nakashi) artists and one of the region's most distinctive art forms. Long cloth scrolls, coated with white paste and painted in natural pigments, carry sequential panels of religious stories and local folklore in registers, their deep red grounds framing boldly outlined figures. Storytellers unrolled the panels one by one while narrating the tale, so the scroll functioned like a moving picture of the village narrative tradition. Related painted masks and dolls share the style. Few workshops survive, but the crisp, flat figuration, saturated color, and characteristic red background have made Cheriyal scrolls prized emblems of Telangana's craft heritage.
Defining characteristics
- Deep red grounds that frame and unify the panels
- Bold, dark outlines and flat, saturated color
- Sequential narrative panels stacked in registers
- Stylized, expressive figures drawn from local folklore
- Painted on khadi cloth coated with a white paste ground
Sources
- Cheriyal scroll painting - Wikipedia encyclopedia