Manaku of Guler explained

Manaku
Birth Name:Manaku
Birth Date:1700
Birth Place:Guler
Death Date:1760
Nationality:Indian
Movement:Pahari painting
Field:Painting
Family:Nainsukh (brother)

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

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