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			{{Short description\|Indian painter}}
	{{Infobox artist		{{Infobox artist
	\| name = Manaku		\| name = Manaku
	\| image = Manaku of guler.jpg		\| image = Manaku of guler.jpg
	\| alt = A head and shoulders portrait of a man with a beard, facing to the right		\| alt = A head and shoulders portrait of a man with a beard, facing to the right
	\| caption = [[~~Self-portrait\|''Self-Portrait''~~]]		\| caption = Portrait of Manaku by his brother [[Nainsukh]]
	\| birth_name = Manaku		\| birth_name = Manaku
	\| birth_date = 1700		\| birth_date = 1700
	\| birth_place =		\| birth_place = [[Guler State\|Guler]]
	\| death_date = 1760		\| death_date = 1760
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
	\| death_cause =		\| death_cause =
	~~\| nationality = Indian~~
	\| movement = [[Pahari painting]]		\| movement = [[Pahari painting]]
	\| training =		\| training =
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	'''Manaku of Guler''' or '''Manaku''' (c. 1700–1760) was an Indian painter from the [[Guler State]], in modern-day [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|Fischer\|1997\|p=240}}</ref> After his death he was mostly forgotten and overshadowed by his much-celebrated younger brother [[Nainsukh]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|2017\|p=18}}</ref> But today he is recognised as an exponent of [[Pahari painting\|Pahari style]] of painting, much like his brother.<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|2017\|p=26}}</ref> The rediscovery of Manaku has been a result of research efforts by art historians like [[B. N. Goswamy]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/historian-b-n-goswamy-brings-alive-18th-century-artist-manaku-117091400827_1.html\|title=Historian B.N Goswamy brings alive 18th century artist Manaku\|date=September 14, 2017\|via=Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/an-uphill-task-bn-goswamy-art-historian-manaku-painter-4859527/\|title=An Uphill Task\|date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>		'''Manaku of Guler''' or '''Manaku''' (c. 1700–1760) was an Indian painter from the [[Guler State]], in modern-day [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|Fischer\|1997\|p=240}}</ref> After his death he was mostly forgotten and overshadowed by his much-celebrated younger brother [[Nainsukh]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|2017\|p=18}}</ref> But today he is recognised as an exponent of [[Pahari painting\|Pahari style]] of painting, much like his brother.<ref>{{harvnb\|Goswamy\|2017\|p=26}}</ref> The rediscovery of Manaku has been a result of research efforts by art historians like [[B. N. Goswamy]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/historian-b-n-goswamy-brings-alive-18th-century-artist-manaku-117091400827_1.html\|title=Historian B.N Goswamy brings alive 18th century artist Manaku\|date=September 14, 2017\|via=Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/an-uphill-task-bn-goswamy-art-historian-manaku-painter-4859527/\|title=An Uphill Task\|date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
	Like Nainsukh, Manaku almost never signed his works, and only four extant works carry his signature.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-manaku-of-guler-the-life-and-work-of-another-great-indian-painter-from-a-small-hill-state-2552845\|title=Book Review: Manaku of Guler – The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State\|first=Gargi\|last=Gupta\|date=October 15, 2017\|website=DNA India}}</ref>		Like Nainsukh, Manaku almost never signed his works, and only four extant works carry his signature.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-manaku-of-guler-the-life-and-work-of-another-great-indian-painter-from-a-small-hill-state-2552845\|title=Book Review: Manaku of Guler – The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State\|first=Gargi\|last=Gupta\|date=October 15, 2017\|website=DNA India}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Seu-Manaku-Nainsukh family]].

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
	<gallery ~~widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"~~>		<gallery>
			File:Ravana shows Sita the Counterfeit Head of Rama.jpg\|''[[Ravana]] shows [[Sita]] the counterfeit head of [[Rama]]'', c. 1725, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
			File:Jayadeva bow to Radha-krishna.jpg\|''Poet Jayadeva worshipping Radha and Krishna'' based on [[Jayadeva]]'s ''[[Gita Govinda]]'', c. 1730, Watercolour on paper, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]
	File:Golden cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha by Manaku.jpg\|''Hiranyagarbha (Golden Cosmic Egg)'', c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Bharat Kala Bhavan]], Varanasi		File:Golden cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha by Manaku.jpg\|''Hiranyagarbha (Golden Cosmic Egg)'', c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Bharat Kala Bhavan]], Varanasi
	File:Hiranyaksha use maya on varaha by manaku from Bhagavata purana series.jpg\|''Vishnu as Varaha challenges the demon Hiranyaksha'' from [[Bhagavata Purana]] series, c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]		File:Hiranyaksha use maya on varaha by manaku from Bhagavata purana series.jpg\|''Vishnu as Varaha challenges the demon Hiranyaksha'' from [[Bhagavata Purana]] series, c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]
	~~File:Jayadeva bow to Radha-krishna.jpg\|''Poet Jayadeva worshipping Radha and Krishna'' based on [[Jayadeva]]'s ''[[Gita Govinda]]'', c. 1730, Watercolour on paper, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]~~
	~~File:Ravana shows Sita the Counterfeit Head of Rama.jpg\|''[[Ravana]] shows [[Sita]] the counterfeit head of [[Rama]]'', c. 1725, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

			==References==
			{{commons category\|Manaku}}
			{{reflist}}

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	*{{cite book \|last1=Goswamy \|first1=B. N. \|last2=Fischer \|first2=Eberhard \|date=1997 \|title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India \|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] \|isbn=9780195640144}}<ref>{{Cite journal\|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/pahari-masters-court-painters-of-north-india-by-goswamy-b-n-and-fischer-eberhard-delhi-oxford-university-press-1997-391-pp-9500-paper/CB29CAE21FD1710C67C88C7F00B8E8BD~~\|title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of North India. By B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 391 pp. $95.00 (paper).\|first=Ellen S.\|last=Smart\|date=May 22, 1998~~\|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies\|volume=57\|issue=2\|pages=565–566~~\|via=Cambridge Core~~\|doi=10.2307/2658899\|jstor=2658899}}</ref>		*{{cite book \|last1=Goswamy \|first1=B. N. \|last2=Fischer \|first2=Eberhard \|date=1997 \|title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India \|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] \|isbn=9780195640144}}<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Smart \|first=Ellen S. \|date=May 22, 1998 \|title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of North India. By B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 391 pp. $95.00 (paper). \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/pahari-masters-court-painters-of-north-india-by-goswamy-b-n-and-fischer-eberhard-delhi-oxford-university-press-1997-391-pp-9500-paper/CB29CAE21FD1710C67C88C7F00B8E8BD \|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies \|volume=57 \|issue=2 \|pages=565–566 \|doi=10.2307/2658899 \|jstor=2658899 \|s2cid=165258122 \|via=Cambridge Core\|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
	*{{cite book \|last=Goswamy \|first=B. N. \|date=2014 \|title=The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 100 Great Works ~~1100-1900~~ \|publisher=[[Penguin UK]] \|isbn=9789351188629}}		*{{cite book \|last=Goswamy \|first=B. N. \|date=2014 \|title=The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 100 Great Works 1100–1900 \|publisher=[[Penguin UK]] \|isbn=9789351188629}}
	*{{cite book \|last=Goswamy \|first=B. N. \|date=2017 \|title=Manaku of Guler: The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Niyogi Books \|isbn=978-9385285820}}		*{{cite book \|last=Goswamy \|first=B. N. \|date=2017 \|title=Manaku of Guler: The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State \|location=New Delhi \|publisher=Niyogi Books \|isbn=978-9385285820}}

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{commonscat\|Manaku}}~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	==External links==		==External links==
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	[[Category:Indian male painters]]		[[Category:Indian male painters]]
	[[Category:~~Mughal painters]]~~		[[Category:1700s births]]
	~~[[Category:1700~~ births]]
	[[Category:1760 deaths]]		[[Category:1760 deaths]]
	[[Category:Court painters]]		[[Category:Court painters]]
	~~[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]~~
	[[Category:18th-century Indian painters]]		[[Category:18th-century Indian painters]]
	[[Category:People from Kangra district]]		[[Category:People from Kangra district]]
	[[Category:Painters from Himachal Pradesh]]		[[Category:Painters from Himachal Pradesh]]

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{{Infobox artist
| name = Manaku
| image = Manaku of guler.jpg
| alt = A head and shoulders portrait of a man with a beard, facing to the right
| caption = [[Self-portrait|''Self-Portrait'']]
| birth_name = Manaku
| birth_date = 1700
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1760
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| nationality = Indian
| movement = [[Pahari painting]]
| training =
| field = Painting
| works =
| family = [[Nainsukh]] (brother)
}}

'''Manaku of Guler''' or '''Manaku''' (c. 1700–1760) was an Indian painter from the [[Guler State]], in modern-day [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{harvnb|Goswamy|Fischer|1997|p=240}}</ref> After his death he was mostly forgotten and overshadowed by his much-celebrated younger brother [[Nainsukh]].<ref>{{harvnb|Goswamy|2017|p=18}}</ref> But today he is recognised as an exponent of [[Pahari painting|Pahari style]] of painting, much like his brother.<ref>{{harvnb|Goswamy|2017|p=26}}</ref> The rediscovery of Manaku has been a result of research efforts by art historians like [[B. N. Goswamy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/historian-b-n-goswamy-brings-alive-18th-century-artist-manaku-117091400827_1.html|title=Historian B.N Goswamy brings alive 18th century artist Manaku|date=September 14, 2017|via=Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/an-uphill-task-bn-goswamy-art-historian-manaku-painter-4859527/|title=An Uphill Task|date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
Like Nainsukh, Manaku almost never signed his works, and only four extant works carry his signature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-manaku-of-guler-the-life-and-work-of-another-great-indian-painter-from-a-small-hill-state-2552845|title=Book Review: Manaku of Guler – The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State|first=Gargi|last=Gupta|date=October 15, 2017|website=DNA India}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4">
File:Golden cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha by Manaku.jpg|''Hiranyagarbha (Golden Cosmic Egg)'', c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Bharat Kala Bhavan]], Varanasi
File:Hiranyaksha use maya on varaha by manaku from Bhagavata purana series.jpg|''Vishnu as Varaha challenges the demon Hiranyaksha'' from [[Bhagavata Purana]] series, c. 1740, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]
File:Jayadeva bow to Radha-krishna.jpg|''Poet Jayadeva worshipping Radha and Krishna'' based on [[Jayadeva]]'s ''[[Gita Govinda]]'', c. 1730, Watercolour on paper, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]
File:Ravana shows Sita the Counterfeit Head of Rama.jpg|''[[Ravana]] shows [[Sita]] the counterfeit head of [[Rama]]'', c. 1725, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
</gallery>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last1=Goswamy |first1=B. N. |last2=Fischer |first2=Eberhard |date=1997 |title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780195640144}}<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/pahari-masters-court-painters-of-north-india-by-goswamy-b-n-and-fischer-eberhard-delhi-oxford-university-press-1997-391-pp-9500-paper/CB29CAE21FD1710C67C88C7F00B8E8BD|title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of North India. By B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 391 pp. $95.00 (paper).|first=Ellen S.|last=Smart|date=May 22, 1998|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=57|issue=2|pages=565–566|via=Cambridge Core|doi=10.2307/2658899|jstor=2658899}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Goswamy |first=B. N. |date=2014 |title=The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 100 Great Works 1100-1900 |publisher=[[Penguin UK]] |isbn=9789351188629}}
*{{cite book |last=Goswamy |first=B. N. |date=2017 |title=Manaku of Guler: The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State |location=New Delhi |publisher=Niyogi Books |isbn=978-9385285820}}

==References==
{{commonscat|Manaku}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Manaku Metropolitan Museum of Art - Manaku collection]

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Mughal painters]]
[[Category:1700 births]]
[[Category:1760 deaths]]
[[Category:Court painters]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:18th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:People from Kangra district]]
[[Category:Painters from Himachal Pradesh]]

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