Sikh painting

Sikh painting — Sikh painting is a Sikh art or visual arts by ethnic group. The heading is also recorded as Sikh school. Sikh painting is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q120882895. Institutional cataloguing adds that sikh painting is classified as a Sikh art.

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Definition

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

Sikh painting is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q120882895. Institutional cataloguing adds that sikh painting is classified as a Sikh art.

Recorded examples

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

A Sikh commander (?). Gouache painting by an Indian painter. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that a Sikh pandit's servant. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that a Sikh pandit (priest). Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that a Sikh ruler holding a lotus flower. Gouache painting by an Indian painter. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. The same evidence establishes that a Sikh man. Gouache painting by an Indian painter. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that a Sikh nobleman. Gouache painting by an Indian painter. is dated [between 1800 and 1899?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 6 catalogued sources across 4 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikidata, Wellcome Collection and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Early Sikh imagery in Janam-sakhi painting: A comparison of the B-40, the Guler and the Unbound set, Sikh Formations, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    From Gurus to Kings: Early and court painting: Gursharan Singh Sidhu, Sikh Art and Literature, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Painting and Architecture, The Eighteenth Century in Sikh History, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    “Sikh painting”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  5. 5.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 32 works naming Sikh painting.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q120882895: Sikh painting

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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