Ethnic Arts Foundation

For hundreds of years, the Mithila region of central Bihar, India, and southern Nepal, has been home to a women’s wall and floor painting tradition, rooted in life cycle and domestic rituals. Since the late 1960s when the wall paintings were first transferred to paper, the painting tradition has expanded dramatically and artists of international stature have emerged.

The Ethnic Arts Foundation (EAF) was established in 1980 to promote national and international recognition and appreciation of Mithila painting; to encourage its continuing evolution and development; to increase the flow of returns to the painters; and to help identify and train future generations of artists. This website is intended as an introduction to the Mithila artists and their work.

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