English painter Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940) visited Kashmir in 1913 as part of his 18-month world tour. Later, based on his travel sketchbooks and journals, he went on to paint some really pieces of art in Hawai. Here is Kashmir by Charles W. Bartlett.
Dal Lake, Kashmirby Charles W. Bartlett, 1916
Village Temple, Kashmir by Charles W. Bartlett, 1919
(Above two via: hanga.com)
Mother and Child, 1916. Perhaps the best of his work. Or perhaps one of the finest paintings on Kashmir. Or just an image of Madonna. Or an image of Kashmir. Proverbial Maej Kasheer.
(via: robynbuntin.com, do check it out for more details on this paiting)
Kashmiri men often speak of Kashmiri women as bacha parast, devotees of child. Almost a response by women, a Kashmiri proverb goes,’Halaluk ya haramuk, panani dambik nav reth‘, Legitimate or illegitimage, nine months of one’s own womb.’
