Documenting Mysore Art — The Books Behind the Tradition
- by Rahul Singh
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Mysore has one of the most distinctive painting traditions in India — refined, intricate, rooted in royal patronage and devotional practice. For decades, this tradition risked being known only to specialists. Ramsons Kala Pratishtana set out to change that.
The books published and carried by Ramsons are not coffee table decorations. Mysuru Rekha Chitra Siri (Volumes 1 and 2) document the line drawing tradition of Mysore painting in rigorous detail. Mysuru Chitra Siri covers the broader painted tradition. Mysore Palace — Celebrating a Century marks one hundred years of one of India's most iconic buildings.
Mysuru Chitra Kovida — B.P. Ramakrishna is written by Arjun Bharadwaj and published by Ramsons Kala Pratishtana. It is a monograph on the life and work of artist B.P. Ramakrishna — one of the finest practitioners of the Mysore style working today. Ramakrishna himself was felicitated at Kreedaa Kaushalya 2024, in the presence of the Royal family of Sawantwadi.
These books are available at our store and ship across India. For anyone serious about Karnataka's visual heritage, they are an essential shelf.
