Contemporary Art Main Page (Painting)

Painting: Scroll Work

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Introduction
- Two Categories:
--- Traditional Contemporary
--- Modern & Abstract Contemporary
- Artist List
- Art Schools & Regions
- Art Evaluation Criteria
- Confusions
- Others...

Videos:
- Tibetan Thangka Painting
- Artists, Styles & Traditions

The Himalayan Art Resources website traditionally has documented older works of art, such as paintings, murals, illuminations and such. In the present times we also need to work with contemporary art and recognize the contributions of the current artists along with their respect for the past and innovations of the present.

Contemporary art can be divided into two main categories or types. The first is Traditional Contemporary which refers to creating paintings following the styles and painting traditions of the past along with the orthodox narrative subjects and iconography of a particular faith based tradition. The second is Modern & Abstract Contemporary which refers to the new styles, non-traditional subjects, and abstract designs, not typical of Himalayan and Tibetan art.

Additionally, the promising principal young artists, their names, styles, regions and towns need to be documented along with their biography, teacher, and noted painting styles, or stylistic influences. Generally there are painting schools throughout the Himalayan and Tibetan regions along with officially recognized 'tangka painting associations.' All of this relates to both the traditional contemporary as well as to the modern and abstract contemporary.

Jeff Watt 12-2015 [updated 6-2017, 9-2026]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).