Mysore Painting

 

These paintings were patronised by the rulers of the Mysore province and 

continued in the British period too. The major theme of the Mysore paintings is the depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses. 

paintings is that they had two or more figures in each painting and one figure predominates all the others in size and colour. 

 They use the ‘gesso paste’, which is a mixture of white lead powder, gambose and glue. This gives a particular base to the painting that develops sheen on the background. 

 

Both Tanjore and Mysore paintings have originated from the same source - Vijayanagara paintings to begin with and their Nayaka paintings subsequently