NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, GULER, CIRCA 1830

While the eye is immediately drawn to the beautiful woman and otherworldly demon beside her, the landscape of this colorful composition is equally as capturing. The representation of landscape in Guler painting is clearly influenced by the its context within the lush foothills of the Himalayas, while also influenced by Mughal landscapes. A technique of burnishing on the backside of the painting has a significant effect on the painting’s tone and, perhaps, contributes to the still-vivid state of this nineteenth-century painting.