Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.146

c12.146

The condition of most other descendants of the great artists of the Mogul Courts is an equally painful commentary on the decadence of fine art in India. There are still a few at Delhi and Agra who find employment in photographic establishments, or in painting the well-known miniatures on ivory which are bought by tourists as Indian "curiosities." A few of the Indian princes continue to employ court painters, though it is generally considered unprogressive to do so. If they take any practical interest in their art it nearly always means that the painters are sent to Europe, or to an Indian school of art, so that all the Indian artistic traditions which they have inherited may be uprooted.