Tribal Dance Group - Gond Painting

Any ethnic tribal group is unmistakably attached to the cultures and folklores. Of them, dance is the most important as well as an inevitable factor that contribute to the rituals of the tribes. Our featured Tribal Dance Group Gond Painting beautifully depicts the dance culture observed by most of the tribes in India as well as elsewhere in the world.

This attractive Gond painting not only signifies the dance of the tribe but also honours their love for this form of art. Look close and you can see every slightest detail beautifully highlighted in this portrait. A masterpiece in its own tone, Tribal Dance Group Gond Painting is likely to leave you mesmerized. It showcases a male tribal drum player surrounded by tribal women uniquely placed. It brings out their love and respect for the tribal dance pretty effectively. To add to the appeal, the master Gond tribal artist uses bright and most sharp colours to give the painting the required amount of edge and rusticity. Both the use of warm as well as cool colours pleases the eyes and thus makes this Tribal Dance Group Gond Painting stand out from the rest.

About Gond Painting

While for some, Gond Painting is an art form, for others it is a way of living the village life with contentment and satisfaction in all that they have been bestowed with. Practiced by the Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh, the Gond painting is one of the oldest forms of wall painting art. It was first found in the caves of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, one of the World Heritage Sites as declared by the UNESCO. Overtime, the clan widespread across several Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

The common themes of Gond painting may range from religious festivities, activities and hobbies to marriages and supernatural entities as well. However, the main idea of the Gond painting is to symbolize the deities of the tribes in the form of trees and animals.

Just like other types of tribal painting, Gond portraits too make use of naturally found colours. In order to provide a rustic touch to the paintings, non-synthetic materials such as wooden coal, Chui soil, geru, sem leaves, sap of the tinsak plants and red soil is used. Soil is the main ingredient and freely available in the localities of the artists.

Though the painting looks easy to draw and simple to further decorate with patterns, Gond Painting has its own limitations and cannot be practiced properly unless an expert executes it.

The daily routine of the tribal people and their usual activities form an important element of subject of most Gond paintings. Along with the presence of birds and animals and other elements of nature, Gond paintings often feature the daily activities of the tribes. Dance, hunting, farming and flower picking and so on are beautifully captured with the use of intricate patterns and bold colours. The Womens daily chores - Gond Painting is one such rustic work of art by the expert Gond artists of India.

Great diligence, labour of love and master strokes of the brush is all that goes into the making of this stunning Gond creation. The painting exemplarily signifies the essence of daily activities in the lives of tribes right from plucking flowers and leaves from the tree to gathering honey and hunting of animals. In this painting, the aptly dressed tribal women are shown deriving the benefits of the Mahua tree by gathering leaves, fruits and flowers from the huge tree. While one woman has perfectly found a space on one of the branches of the tree, the other one standing on the ground is helping her out. Their emotions and natural behaviour is marvellously caught in this pretty work of art. Decorate one of the rooms of your living room with this appealing Gond painting.

About Gond Painting

While for some, Gond Painting is an art form, for others it is a way of living the village life with contentment and satisfaction in all that they have been bestowed with. Practiced by the Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh, the Gond painting is one of the oldest forms of wall painting art. It was first found in the caves of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, one of the World Heritage Sites as declared by the UNESCO. Overtime, the clan widespread across several Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

The common themes of Gond painting may range from religious festivities, activities and hobbies to marriages and supernatural entities as well. However, the main idea of the Gond painting is to symbolize the deities of the tribes in the form of trees and animals.

Just like other types of tribal painting, Gond portraits too make use of naturally found colours. In order to provide a rustic touch to the paintings, non-synthetic materials such as wooden coal, Chui soil, geru, sem leaves, sap of the tinsak plants and red soil is used. Soil is the main ingredient and freely available in the localities of the artists.

Though the painting looks easy to draw and simple to further decorate with patterns, Gond Painting has its own limitations and cannot be practiced properly unless an expert executes it.