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{{Short description|Indian painter (1930–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Godawari Dutta
| image = The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Shilp Guru Award-2006 to Smt. Godawari Dutta for her invaluable contribution to Mithila Painting, in New Delhi on December 15, 2008.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Dutta (second from right) receiving the Shilp Guru award in 2008
| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = Bahadurpur, [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 14 August 2024 (aged 93)
| death_place = Ranti, [[Madhubani district]], [[Bihar]], India
| known_for = Painter
| movement = Madhubani
| awards = {{ubli| National Award|Shilp Guru|Padma Shri Award }}
}}

'''Godawari Dutta''' (1930 – 14 August 2024) was an Indian painter, known for her [[Madhubani paintings]]. She was a recipient of India's fourth highest civilian award, the [[Padma Shri]].

== Early life ==
Godawari Dutta was born in 1930<ref>{{cite web |title=abhivyakti |url=https://nationalcraftsmuseum.nic.in/uploads/publications/165846478363abhivyakti-2.pdf |access-date=14 August 2024 |publisher=}}</ref> in Bahadurpur, [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar]], India. She was taught to paint by her mother, Subhadra Devi, herself an artist. At 10 years old, Dutta's father died and together with her three siblings she was brought up by her mother. Dutta married in 1947 and gave birth to a son whom she raised alone.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Kumar |first=Smita |date=16 March 2014 |title=Artist to chart new waters, in book - Octogenarian comes a long way from scared girl to face of Mithila art |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230326235354/https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/artist-to-chart-new-waters-in-book-octogenarian-comes-a-long-way-from-scared-girl-to-face-of-mithila-art/cid/199673 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=[[Telegraph India]]}}</ref>

== Work and career ==
Dutta began painting at the age of six, first on walls and then on paper only in 1971.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Dutta was well versed in the Kayashta style of [[Mithila painting|Mithila]] paintings, which favours black and white contrasts,<ref>{{cite web |
url=https://www.rougecoromandel.ch/fr/ROUGE-COROMANDEL/ROUGE--LA-LETTRE/ROUGE---LES-ARTICLES/AUTOMNE-2011/Les-Peintures-de-Style-Mithila-du-Bihar-Inde-du-Nord |
title=Les peintures de style Mithila du Bihar (Inde du Nord) |
access-date=29 July 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and she used [[bamboo]] sticks to paint. Reoccurring themes of her art are the portrayal of characters from [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]], as well as events of daily life such as marriage or dance. Dutta trained both students and teachers under India's [[Centre for Cultural Resources and Training]].<ref name=":1" />

Dutta had frequently visited Germany and Japan, where she would stay at times for up to a year.<ref name=":0" /> A set of works that she created during that time were displayed in [[Mithila Museum]] in [[Takomachi]], Japan, and [[Fukuoka Asian Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.city.iwaki.fukushima.jp/www/contents/1001000005280/files/23_nenpou_icam.pdf | title=いわき市立美術館年報平成 23 年度, p. 14 | access-date=29 July 2020 | archive-date=11 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711125151/http://www.city.iwaki.fukushima.jp/www/contents/1001000005280/files/23_nenpou_icam.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Karelia |first=Gopi |date=2020-01-29 |title=Mud Walls to Museums: 93-YO's Madhubani Paintings Stun All, Bags Padma Shri |url=https://thebetterindia.com/211990/bihar-padmashri-godawari-dutta-madhubani-painting-women-empowerment-inspiring-india-gop94/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref>

In December 1983, Dutta founded Mithila Kala Viaks Samiti, an [[NGO]] that aims to fight poverty through education, and to promote the Madhubani style of painting. The organization is engaged in designing and implementing programmes for disadvantaged communities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Dutta also helped rural women to become financially independent, and was a proponent of girls’ education.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=15 April 2019 |title=80 Years long journey of Godavari Dutta behind Padma Shri |url=https://www.patnabeats.com/journey-godavari-dutta-behind-padma-shri/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609060402/https://www.patnabeats.com/journey-godavari-dutta-behind-padma-shri/ |archive-date=9 June 2022 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=Patna Beats |publisher=}}</ref>

In 2019, Dutta was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=":2" />

== Death ==
Dutta died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 August 2024 |title=Mithila Painting Icon and Padma Shri Awardee Godawari Dutta Passes Away at 93 |url=https://newsd.in/mithila-painting-icon-and-padma-shri-awardee-godawari-dutta-passes-away-at-93/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |publisher=newsd}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
* National Award (1980)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Shilp Guru]] (2006)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Padma Shri Award]] (2019)<ref name=":2" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5BQ7KQYBoI Documentary] by [[Doordarshan]] on [[YouTube]] (in [[Hindi]])
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaWlWQRqS4 Interview] with [https://www.folkartopedia.com/ Folkartopedia] on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaWlWQRqS4&t=913s YouTube] (in Hindi)

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian women painters]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:People from Darbhanga district]]

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