Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family

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Devi diagram of Pandit Seu's family, Pahari, from the familal atelier of Nainsukh of Guler, ca.1780 Devi Diagram of Pandit Seu's Family.jpg
Devi diagram of Pandit Seu's family, Pahari, from the familal atelier of Nainsukh of Guler, ca.1780

The Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family, also known as the Seu-Nainsukh family, were a family of artists active during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Punjab Hills region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Family

Seu was the patriarch of the Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family, which would produced famous artists such as Manaku, Nainsukh, Fattu, Khushala, Kama, Ranjha, Gursahai, Sukhdayal, Deviditta, Gaudhu, Nikka, Saudagar, Attra, and Ramdayal. [1] [2] [3] [4] His two sons, Manaku and Nainsukh, became successful artists in their own right. [5] Seu served as the mentor to his elder son, Manaku, with both his sons being educated at his workshop. [2] [6] His son, Manaku, would later finish a Ramayana series that Seu had left unfinished. [2]

The periods of the Seu familial atelier can be divided as follows: [7]

  1. Seu – during the 1720's [7]
  2. Manaku and Nainsukh – active between 1730–1760 [7]
  3. First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, consisting of their six sons – 1760's onwards [7]
  4. Second generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, consisting of their grandchildren [3]

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

Fifth generation

Notes

  1. ↑ Although Sajnu was not a blood-descendant nor blood-relative of the Manaku-Nainsukh family, he is still considered as part of the family by B. N. Goswamy in the extended sense of the word as he worked in their familial style and influenced it. There is a possibility he may have been a relative through marriage or a maternal relative to an actual member of the Manaku-Nainsukh family.

References

  1. ↑ Goswamy, B. N. "On Two Portraits of Pahari Artists." Artibus Asiae, vol. 34, no. 2/3, 1972, pp. 225–31. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3249649. Accessed 20 Oct. 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Manaku and Nainsukh: Family Ties". Asian Art Newspaper. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Goswamy, B. N.; Fischer, Eberhard (1992). Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India. Artibus Asiae Publishers Supplementum. pp. 307–319. ASIN   B0018NI8PC. ISBN   9783907070376.
  4. ↑ Archer, William G. (1973). "Painting in Siba". Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting. Vol. 1: Text. Sotheby Parke Bernet (London and New York) / Oxford University Press (Delhi). pp. 409–412.
  5. ↑ "Pandit Seu". Archnet. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Guy, John; Britschgi, Jorrit (2011). Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100-1900. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 10, 146. ISBN   9781588394309.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Galloway, Francesca (2020). Paintings for the Pahari Rajas (PDF). p. 6.
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