Mansur (miniature painter)
Mansur (* unknown; † after 1621 ), called Ustad ("Master") Mansur , was one of the most famous miniature painters of the Indian Mughal Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. He first worked for the Mughal emperor Akbar I (r. 1556 to 1605), later for his successor Jahangir .
Act
He was initially a student of Kānhā, who directed Akbar's studio, for whom he colored drawings. His earliest works are dated between 1590 and 1600. For Akbar in the late 16th century, he produced numerous illustrations for his biography Akbarnama and the biography of his ancestor Babur , the Baburnama . He received special encouragement and appreciation from Jahangir, who was an outspoken art lover and gave him the title Nadir ul-Azr (also Nadiru-l-Asr , English Wonder of the age , wonder of the age ). Mansur accompanied Jahangir on many trips, on which he created numerous extremely lively and realistic depictions of nature, especially of birds and flowers. These brought him great fame and some of them are of great value for natural and cultural history. Mansur's illustration of a dodo is one of the few realistic depictions of a living specimen of this bird, which was exterminated in the 17th century. Mansur's depiction of a turkey is the earliest evidence that this bird, introduced from America, was kept in India.
Works (selection)
- The Falcon Jahangir.
- A zebra , attributed to Ustad Mansur (c. 1620).
- Green Chameleon on a Branch and a Hen with Chicks (1605–1627).
- two peacocks (1610).
literature
- Mansur . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 37 .
- Stuart Cary Welch: The Emperors' Album: Images of Mughal India . Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1987, ISBN 978-0-87099-499-9 , pp. 18th ff . ( Text archive - Internet Archive - with several images).
- Som Prakash Verma: Manṣūr . In: Mug h al painter of flora and fauna Ustad Mansur . Abhinav Publications, New Delhi 1999, ISBN 81-7017-365-5 , pp. 40 ff . ( books.google.de - excerpt).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Som Prakash Verma: Manṣūr - Early Phase . In: Mug h al painter of flora and fauna Ustad Mansur . Abhinav Publications, New Delhi 1999, ISBN 81-7017-365-5 , pp. 42 ( books.google.de - reading sample).
- ↑ a b Mughal Painting (Akbar and Jahangir) . In: Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin . tape 16 . Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, 1918, p. 2–8, here p. 7 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Mughal Painting (Akbar and Jahangir) . In: Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin . tape 16 . Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, 1918, p. 2–8, here p. 2 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Images of Works Exhibited in The Art of India . 1931, p. 26 and 28 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Center for Cultural Resources and Training, Public Resource: National Symbols: Peacock . Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), 2017, p. 15 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mansur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian miniature painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1621 |