An indian painter who lived in Basohli Jammu India worked in the court of local ruler.
He was one of the painters who introduced Mughal elements into Pahari paintings. The word ‘Pahari’ means mountianeous. Pahari painting was practiced in Himachal and Jammu regions.
Nainsukh’s ideas behind his paintings were to capture the candid moments of the subject. In lot of his works, the ruler Raja Balwant Singh is the subject.
Being from the family of painters he got craft with pedigree. Instead of continuing the painting style that his family endorsed, he experimented further to create his own style of painting.
Art historian Professor BN Goswamy in an interview with DNA India said – “The price of a painting is no indicator of its value. However, one of his paintings was auctioned for two million dollars last year, and this may give an idea of what collectors think of him,”
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