State Paintings

Pattachitra (Odisha paintings)

Pattachitra is the folk painting of Odishha, painting on cloth and usually linked
with the worship of Lord Jagannatha.
Famous artists - Jayadev, Kama Kujara
Picture of Gita govinda depicted in Pattachitra shown below.

Madhubani Painting
Famously called as "Mithila Painting" is a traditional painting culture for Bihar
and also some parts of Nepal. These are paintings depicting Kali puja, holi,
durga puja and occasions like birth, marriage etc.
Famous madhubhani artists - Jagdamba Devi, Mahasundari Devi (2008),[3]
Sita Devi, Godavari Dutt, Bharti Dayal and Bua Devi. They recieved national
awards.

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Palas
It's a Bengal tradition of miniature painting (painting on small books, papers
or cloths)
Rajput painting
Rajputana is the name given to Rajasthan by British. It specifically depicts the
style of Ramayana and Mahabharata especially Krishna's life in miniature
scripts.

Kangra Painting (Pahari paintings)

Is the official painting of Himalchal Pradesh (kangra). It mainly depicts the
love story of Radha and Krishna as well as Bhagavata purna.

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Mysore Paintings :
An important classical south Indian painting mostly illustrating the themes of
Hindu Gods and Goddesses and something about Hindu mythology.

Tanjore Painting
This is the native painting style of Tanjore in Tamil Nadu. These paintings are
known for their elegence, rich colors and attention to details.Like Mysore

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paintings, Tanjore paintings illustrates the themes of Indian Gods, Goddesses
and Hindu mythology

Mughal Painting
Mughal paintings were a unique blend of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles
and were illustrated in miniatures (small bases like books).
Mural (wall) paintings were famous in the past of Indian paintings. Huge
pattern of large scale works were done on famous caves (around 20
locations) like Ajanta, Ellora, Bagh, Armamalai, Sittanavasal,

Others

Wali paintings
This are the typical painting style of Tribal people or so called Adivasis.

Some of the famous Indian Painters/artists and their notable works

were discussed here

1. Abanindranath Tagore - Paintings here

2. Rabindranath Tagore - Paintings here
3. Nandalal Bose - Paintings here

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 4. Raja Ravi Varma - Paintings here
5. MF Hussain - Paintings here
6. Jamini Roy - Paintings here
7. B.G.Sharma - krishnaleela here
8. Tyeb Mehta - paintings here
9. Amrita Sher-Gil - Paintings here
10. Satish Gujral - Art work heree
11. Nandlal Bose - Paintings here
12. Bikash Bhattacharya - Paintings here
13. Silpi - art works here

Some other notable artists

Sunil Das
Jatin Das
F.N.Souza
Gopal Rao
Kalipada Ghoshal
Manishi Dey
Mukul Chandra Dey
S G Thakur Singh
Maniam
Norman Douglas Hutchinson

Reference :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_painting
All the images shown above were sourced from Wikipedia

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