Patna School of Painting

The Patna School of Painting (also Patna Qalaam, or Patna Kalam) is a style of Indian painting which existed in Bihar, India in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Patna School dealt almost exclusively with common people and their lifestyles, which helped the paintings gain in popularity. The principal centres of this style were in Patna, Danapur and Arrah.

The art historian, Mildred Archer said of the Patna School of painting that: "It marks the fusion of Eastern and Western taste which occurred in the nineteenth century and mirrors the interests and artistic fashions of the period. The school is, in fact, a summary of the complicated interplay of European and Indian cultures in the nineteenth century."

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