Contemporary

pushpa kumari kohli

Born 1969

The Ancestral Echoes of Mithila Pushpa Kumari Kohli’s artistic journey began amidst the fertile landscapes of Bihar, India, rooted deeply in the ancestral traditions of her village and profoundly shaped by the legacy of her maternal grandmother—a master practitioner of Madhubani art. Born in 1969, Kohli's upbringing witnessed firsthand the captivating beauty and spiritual significance of Mithila paintings, an art form passed down through generations within her family. This formative experience ignited a lifelong passion for preserving and reimagining this ancient artistic heritage, transform…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of pushpa kumari kohli's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.

pushpa kumari kohli

1969

The Subject Atlas

Spokes — Subject

Rings — Career Period

Threads — Shared Context

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