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'''Godawari Dutta''' is an Indian painter, well known for [[Madhubani Painting]] and patron of [http://www.mithilaindia.in/ Mithila Kala Vikas Samiti]. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards, Government of India | access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
{{Infobox artist
| name            = Godawari Dutta
| image            = The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Shilp Guru Award-2006 to Smt. Godawari Dutta for her invaluable contribution to Mithila Painting, in New Delhi on December 15, 2008.jpg
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| caption          = Dutta (second from right) receiving the Shilp Guru award in 2008
| birth_date      = 1930
| birth_place      = Bahadurpur, [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date      = 14 August 2024 (aged 93)
| death_place      = Ranti, [[Madhubani district]], [[Bihar]], India
| known_for        = Painter
| movement        = Madhubani
| awards          = {{ubli| National Award|Shilp Guru|Padma Shri Award }}
}}


== Personal life ==
'''Godawari Dutta''' (1930 – 14 August 2024) was an Indian painter, known for her [[Madhubani paintings]]. She was a recipient of India's fourth highest civilian award, the [[Padma Shri]].
Godawari Dutta was born in the mid-1920 in Bahadurpur village, [[Darbhanga district]], [[West Bengal]], India, she was taught painting by her mother, Subhadra Devi, who herself was an artist.
At only 10 years old Dutta lost her father. Together with her three siblings she was brought up by her mother.
Godavari Dutta got married in 1947 and she gave birth to a son whom she had to raise by herself.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673| title=Artist to chart new waters, in book - Octogenarian comes a long way from scared girl to face of Mithila art | publisher=Telegraph India | access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>


=== Social Commitment ===
== Early life ==
Godawari Dutta founded the [http://www.mithilaindia.in/index.html Mithila Kala Viaks Samiti] on December 21, 1983, an NGO that aims fight poverty and to promote Madhubani Painting and by training women in the art, and provide a basic education.  
Godawari Dutta was born in 1930<ref>{{cite web |title=abhivyakti |url=https://nationalcraftsmuseum.nic.in/uploads/publications/165846478363abhivyakti-2.pdf |access-date=14 August 2024 |publisher=}}</ref> in Bahadurpur, [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar]], India. She was taught to paint by her mother, Subhadra Devi, herself an artist. At 10 years old, Dutta's father died and together with her three siblings she was brought up by her mother. Dutta married in 1947 and gave birth to a son whom she raised alone.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Kumar |first=Smita |date=16 March 2014 |title=Artist to chart new waters, in book - Octogenarian comes a long way from scared girl to face of Mithila art |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230326235354/https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=[[Telegraph India]]}}</ref>
The organization is engaged in designing and implementing programmes for disadvantaged communities.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mithilaindia.in/About.php | title=About us | publisher=Mithila Kala Vikas Samiti | access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>


In doing so Dutta has involved village women in Mithila painting and helped them to be financially independent. She also formed a village committee to promote girls’ education.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.patnabeats.com/journey-godavari-dutta-behind-padma-shri/ | title=80 Years long journey of Godavari Dutta behind Padma Shri | publisher=Patna Beats | access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
== Work and career ==
Dutta began painting at the age of six, first on walls and then on paper only in 1971.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Dutta was well versed in the Kayashta style of [[Mithila painting|Mithila]] paintings, which favours black and white contrasts,<ref>{{cite web |  
url=https://www.rougecoromandel.ch/fr/ROUGE-COROMANDEL/ROUGE--LA-LETTRE/ROUGE---LES-ARTICLES/AUTOMNE-2011/Les-Peintures-de-Style-Mithila-du-Bihar-Inde-du-Nord |  
title=Les peintures de style Mithila du Bihar (Inde du Nord) |
access-date=29 July 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and she used [[bamboo]] sticks to paint. Reoccurring themes of her art are the portrayal of characters from [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]], as well as events of daily life such as marriage or dance. Dutta trained both students and teachers under India's [[Centre for Cultural Resources and Training]].<ref name=":1" />


== Work and Career ==
Dutta had frequently visited Germany and Japan, where she would stay at times for up to a year.<ref name=":0" /> A set of works that she created during that time were displayed in [[Mithila Museum]] in [[Takomachi]], Japan, and [[Fukuoka Asian Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.city.iwaki.fukushima.jp/www/contents/1001000005280/files/23_nenpou_icam.pdf | title=いわき市立美術館年報 平 成 23 年 度, p. 14 | access-date=29 July 2020 | archive-date=11 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711125151/http://www.city.iwaki.fukushima.jp/www/contents/1001000005280/files/23_nenpou_icam.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Karelia |first=Gopi |date=2020-01-29 |title=Mud Walls to Museums: 93-YO's Madhubani Paintings Stun All, Bags Padma Shri |url=https://thebetterindia.com/211990/bihar-padmashri-godawari-dutta-madhubani-painting-women-empowerment-inspiring-india-gop94/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref>
Dutta started at six years old with paintings on walls and started to use paper only in 1971. Dutta is well versed in the Kayashta style of Mithila paintings that favours black and white contrasts.<ref>{{cite web |  
url=https://www.rougecoromandel.ch/fr/ROUGE-COROMANDEL/ROUGE--LA-LETTRE/ROUGE---LES-ARTICLES/AUTOMNE-2011/Les-Peintures-de-Style-Mithila-du-Bihar-Inde-du-Nord | title=Les peintures de style Mithila du Bihar (Inde du Nord) | access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> Unlike other artists, she uses bamboo sticks to paint. Reoccurring themes of her art are the portrayal of characters from [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]], as well as events of daily life like marriage or dance.<br>
Godavari Dutta has trained teachers, as well as students under the government scheme “[http://ccrtindia.gov.in/ Center for cultural resources and training]”.


Dutta has been to Germany and Japan. In total she visited Japan seven times, where she stayed for six months a year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673| title=Artist to chart new waters, in book - Octogenarian comes a long way from scared girl to face of Mithila art | publisher=Telegraph India | access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref> A set of works which she created during that time is now owned by the [[Mithila Museum]] in [[Takomachi]], Japan,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://my.ebook5.net/u/f2COxB/ | title=Mithila Museum Catalogue | publisher=Mithila Museum, Ooike, Tokamachi-shi, Niigata Pref. 948, Japan | access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> and in the [https://faam.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/ Fukuoka Asian Art Museum], Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.city.iwaki.fukushima.jp/www/contents/1001000005280/files/23_nenpou_icam.pdf | title=いわき市立美術館年報 平 成 23 年 度, p. 14 | access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>
In December 1983, Dutta founded Mithila Kala Viaks Samiti, an [[NGO]] that aims to fight poverty through education, and to promote the Madhubani style of painting. The organization is engaged in designing and implementing programmes for disadvantaged communities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Dutta also helped rural women to become financially independent, and was a proponent of girls’ education.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=15 April 2019 |title=80 Years long journey of Godavari Dutta behind Padma Shri |url=https://www.patnabeats.com/journey-godavari-dutta-behind-padma-shri/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609060402/https://www.patnabeats.com/journey-godavari-dutta-behind-padma-shri/ |archive-date=9 June 2022 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=Patna Beats |publisher=}}</ref>
 
In 2019, Dutta was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=":2" />
 
== Death ==
Dutta died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 August 2024 |title=Mithila Painting Icon and Padma Shri Awardee Godawari Dutta Passes Away at 93 |url=https://newsd.in/mithila-painting-icon-and-padma-shri-awardee-godawari-dutta-passes-away-at-93/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |publisher=newsd}}</ref>


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
 
* National Award (1980)<ref name=":0" />
* National Award 1980
* [[Shilp Guru]] (2006)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Shilp Guru]] in 2006
* [[Padma Shri Award]] (2019)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Padma Shri Award]] in 2019


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5BQ7KQYBoI Documentary] by [[Doordarshan]] on [[YouTube]] (in [[Hindi]])
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaWlWQRqS4 Interview] with [https://www.folkartopedia.com/ Folkartopedia] on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaWlWQRqS4&t=913s YouTube] (in Hindi)


{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}


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Latest revision as of 21:30, 23 September 2024


Godawari Dutta
Dutta (second from right) receiving the Shilp Guru award in 2008
Born1930
Bahadurpur, Darbhanga district, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died14 August 2024 (aged 93)
Ranti, Madhubani district, Bihar, India
Known forPainter
MovementMadhubani
Awards
  • National Award
  • Shilp Guru
  • Padma Shri Award

Godawari Dutta (1930 – 14 August 2024) was an Indian painter, known for her Madhubani paintings. She was a recipient of India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Godawari Dutta was born in 1930[1] in Bahadurpur, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India. She was taught to paint by her mother, Subhadra Devi, herself an artist. At 10 years old, Dutta's father died and together with her three siblings she was brought up by her mother. Dutta married in 1947 and gave birth to a son whom she raised alone.[2]

Work and career[edit | edit source]

Dutta began painting at the age of six, first on walls and then on paper only in 1971.[citation needed] Dutta was well versed in the Kayashta style of Mithila paintings, which favours black and white contrasts,[3] and she used bamboo sticks to paint. Reoccurring themes of her art are the portrayal of characters from Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as events of daily life such as marriage or dance. Dutta trained both students and teachers under India's Centre for Cultural Resources and Training.[4]

Dutta had frequently visited Germany and Japan, where she would stay at times for up to a year.[2] A set of works that she created during that time were displayed in Mithila Museum in Takomachi, Japan, and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.[5][6]

In December 1983, Dutta founded Mithila Kala Viaks Samiti, an NGO that aims to fight poverty through education, and to promote the Madhubani style of painting. The organization is engaged in designing and implementing programmes for disadvantaged communities.[citation needed] Dutta also helped rural women to become financially independent, and was a proponent of girls’ education.[4]

In 2019, Dutta was awarded the Padma Shri by President Ram Nath Kovind.[6]

Death[edit | edit source]

Dutta died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 93.[7]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "abhivyakti" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kumar, Smita (16 March 2014). "Artist to chart new waters, in book - Octogenarian comes a long way from scared girl to face of Mithila art". Telegraph India. Retrieved 25 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Les peintures de style Mithila du Bihar (Inde du Nord)". Retrieved 29 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "80 Years long journey of Godavari Dutta behind Padma Shri". Patna Beats. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "いわき市立美術館年報 平 成 23 年 度, p. 14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Karelia, Gopi (29 January 2020). "Mud Walls to Museums: 93-YO's Madhubani Paintings Stun All, Bags Padma Shri". The Better India. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Mithila Painting Icon and Padma Shri Awardee Godawari Dutta Passes Away at 93". newsd. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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