Karnataka chitra parishat

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat
(Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore Phone 22261816)

Opened on June 25, 1976 in the heart of Bangalore, Chitra Kala Parishad has a unique collection of traditional paintings, leather puppets and artefacts of Karnataka. It has a graphic studio, sculpture studio and an open-air theatre. Many of the works on display, belong to the students of the Parishat.

The paintings on display here are on different media like Oil on Canvas, 

Watercolors, Mixed Media, Etching, Lithography and

many more. The prices range from Rs 3000/- 

onwards,and each work of art is categorised individually

, displaying the name of the artist, media used, cost 

and size of the canvas.Some of the paintings are not for sale. 

There are a number of exhibit halls in the first floor of the Parishat,

which include the Roerich and Kejriwal gallery. The paintings of 

Nicholas Roerich have been placed in two different galleries called Roerich I and II.

 The paintings are arranged in an orderly fashion at a convenient height with adequate illumination to bring out the depth in these paintings.

And then there are the Chitrakala Parishat Collections, a permanent exhibition of the paintings collected by the Parishat over a period of time.

The Chitrakala Parishat is open to the public on all days between 10 am and 5 pm. However, the Parishat's personal collections, including the Roerich and Kejriwal Galleries are closed daily between 2 pm and 3 pm.

A recently concluded exhibition called "Exposition 2000" had a collection of works created by the students of fine arts, which included Posters, Cards, Calendars, Photographs and many more which came under the category of "Applied Art". The idea behind this was to apply art to all possible fields and use it as a medium of communication.