Swarna Chitrakar
Swarna Chitrakar (born 1974) is a Patachitra artist from Pingla, a changemaker and a community leader.
Swarna Chitrakar
Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 3.0
- Name
- Swarna Chitrakar
- Born
- 1974
- Birthplace
- Naya village Pingla, West Bengal, India
- Spouse
- Sambhu Chitrakar
- Nationality
- India
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Swarna Chitrakar (born 1974) is a Patachitra artist from Pingla, a changemaker and a community leader.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Swarna Chitrakar. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q106303203 · wikipedia · Swarna Chitrakar
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Swarna Chitrakar • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Naya village Pingla, West Bengal, India • Spouse — Sambhu Chitrakar • Children — Mamoni Chitrakar, Sonali Chitrakar, Runa Chitrakar, Jhunur Chitrakar & Nupur Chitrakar (daughters)
Early life
Early life
Chitrakar was born in 1974 in Naya village of West Midnapur of West Bengal. She learnt painting from her father but her parents married her off at her early age due to poverty. After marriage she took up paint and brush mainly to support her family. She stayed with her husband and 5 daughters. All of them are Patua.
Career
Career
Chitrakar returned to her home, there she started Patachitra painting and started her journey as Patua. She learnt scroll painting and Patua music from her father in his childhood. She had showcased her art in the countries Australia, China, England, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. Swarna Chitrakar used her expertise pat painting with a melodic song for social cause like awareness about COVID-19. She used 7 scrolls to depict the current situation as well as COVID-forntline healthcare workers and awareness message like staying indoor and use of mask and washing hand when necessary. A video where she is singing and showing those Patachitra has been viewed more than 99,000 times on Facebook.
Social issue through Patachitra and Patua music
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. The same evidence establishes that swarna Chitrakar is recorded as a citizen of India. Institutional cataloguing adds that swarna Chitrakar is recorded with the gender female. Born on 1 January 1974. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation illustrator.
Books
Collodi, Carlo. The Patua Pinocchio. Illustrated by Swarna Chitrakar and translated by Carol Della Chiesa. publisher Tara Books; Illustrated edition, May 12, 2015
Awards
• State level award in 1994
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Swarna Chitrakar.
- 2.Swarna Chitrakar.
- 3.From Bengal, a Patachitra that narrates the story of the fight against coronavirus goes viral.
- 4.Many Visions Teachers Guide. www.surrey.ca.
- 5.Kamdar, Shraddha. Bengal Artist Portrays Fight Against Pandemic In A Fabulous 'Patachitra'. femina.in. 2020-04-27.
- 6.Indian Express. From Bengal, a Patachitra that narrates the story of the fight against coronavirus goes viral.
- 7.Swarna Chitrakar. Patachitra - The art of visual storytelling. 2019-11-09.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Citizenship
1- IndiaPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
This entry is compiled from 3 catalogued sources across 3 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikipedia, Crossref registry and Wikidata. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Illustration
5,224 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Sven SønstebyIllustrator
- Svend Wiig-HansenIllustrator
- Sverre HalvorsenIllustrator
- Svetlana MakarovičIllustrator
- Sybil WettasingheIllustrator
- Syd BrakIllustrator
- Sydney ButchkesIllustrator
- Sydney George Hulme BeamanIllustrator
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Swarna Chitrakar?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.
Social issue through Patachitra and Patua music
Chitrakar covers major incidents like Tsunami, September 11 attacks and social issues like Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, child marriage, trafficking of children and COVID-19 etc. through her Patachitra and her self composed Patua Sangeet.