Manaku
A head and shoulders portrait of a man with a beard, facing to the right
Portrait of Manaku by his brother Nainsukh
Born
Manaku

1700
Died1760
NationalityIndian
Known forPainting
MovementPahari painting
FamilyNainsukh (brother)

Manaku of Guler or Manaku (c. 1700–1760) was an Indian painter from the Guler State, in modern-day Himachal Pradesh.[1] After his death he was mostly forgotten and overshadowed by his much-celebrated younger brother Nainsukh.[2] But today he is recognised as an exponent of Pahari style of painting, much like his brother.[3] The rediscovery of Manaku has been a result of research efforts by art historians like B. N. Goswamy.[4][5] Like Nainsukh, Manaku almost never signed his works, and only four extant works carry his signature.[6]

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  1. ^ Goswamy & Fischer 1997, p. 240
  2. ^ Goswamy 2017, p. 18
  3. ^ Goswamy 2017, p. 26
  4. ^ "Historian B.N Goswamy brings alive 18th century artist Manaku". September 14, 2017 – via Business Standard.
  5. ^ "An Uphill Task". September 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Gupta, Gargi (October 15, 2017). "Book Review: Manaku of Guler – The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill State". DNA India.
  7. ^ Smart, Ellen S. (May 22, 1998). "Pahari Masters: Court Painters of North India. By B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 391 pp. $95.00 (paper)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 57 (2): 565–566. doi:10.2307/2658899. JSTOR 2658899. S2CID 165258122 – via Cambridge Core.

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