Folk & Tribal - Kalighat

Bhaskar Chitrakar

In a modest studio tucked inside his childhood home in Kolkata's Kalighat neighbourhood, Bhaskar Chitrakar carries forward a lineage six generations deep. He is among the last in his family still practising Kalighat Patachitra in its traditional form — most relatives have turned to sculpture and idol-making for festival trade. Trained first by his father, Bhaskar later slipped into classes at Kolkata's Government College of Art, absorbing technique the artisan community rarely had access to.

His scrolls hold the classical Kalighat idiom, but not its classical subjects. Selfies replace deities, tuk-tuks and cellphones wander into rural compositions, and his women loom large and commanding over the men beside them — a signature inversion rooted in the form's own history. During the pandemic, he painted the virus itself, battled by towering syringes.

His work has travelled to the International Folk Art Market and into private collections across the US, UK, and Europe. He now hopes to pass the brush to his son.

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Works by Bhaskar Chitrakar

Babu with Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Hookah
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi as Frida
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Bibi
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat story
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Love Story
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi reading Book
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Pretty Bibi
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi Story
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi Window
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi Love Story
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Rose
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi Frida
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu playing Music on road
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi Frida
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Proposal
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu playing Chess
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Romantic Babu Bibi
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu taking Selfie
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi Fight
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Dog Walk
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu cooking
Bhaskar Chitrakar

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14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu on railway track
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Cat Playing Music
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu playing Music
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Umbrella
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi with Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi playing Piano
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Fish
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu behind window
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi on Swing
Bhaskar Chitrakar

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14 x 10 inches

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Babu teasing Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

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14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Ganesha
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Bibi
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Bibi Frida
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu playing Music
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Kalighat Snake
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Escaping Corona
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Umbrella
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu Posing with Fish
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu with Cat
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Two Cats
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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Babu in Vintage Car
Bhaskar Chitrakar

Water colour on Paper

14 x 10 inches

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