Remant Kumar Mishra is a Professional Madhubani artist practicing Madhubani art from the past three generations from Jitwarpur, Madhubani, Bihar. Remant Mishra learned this craft from his parents & grandparents. He has been Disciple of Padma Shri Sita Devi. He has studied till 12th & have also done a one-year Mithila Painting Degree Course from Mithila University. He has done many major & minor Painting projects across the world. He also teaches Madhubani painting to people across India as a Madhubani trainer & Assistant Professor of Madhubani Painting by Chitrakala Sansthan, Government of Bihar.
During Lockdown, we came up with the idea of doing Madhubani Painting on Masks, and spread awareness of the importance of wearing masks. While promoting the Madhubani art, it provides a means of income to our artisans’ team. With my Mask post going viral, I became famous as Madhubani Mask Man of India. Remant Mishra said he had sent over 14,000 masks by courier or India Post in sanitized packages on a first come-first served basis.``We also have masks with catchy slogans like ‘go corona’, ‘ namaste karna hai, haath nahi milana hai ’ (‘greet greet each other with folded hands, don’t shake hands’),” he said.
Traditionally the process of making madhubani artwork required simple raw materials, which are easily located in the village such as bamboo sticks, cotton. The cotton fabric is wrapped around a bamboo stick to serve as a brush. Then the brush is dipped in colors and applied on to the fabric. The outline was done with double lines. The gaps between the two lines are filled with cross or straight lines. In those days vegetable colors were used to make the madhubani painting.Now the making of Madhubani starts by choosing the figure and on the canvas the figure is drawn by free hand. Main characteristics of all the Madhubani paintings are double line borders, decorative floral patterns, abstract figures of deities and bulging eyes. Once the figure is completed. The bright colors are chosen and paint is then filled inside the figure and glittering paints are used to paint the zari or borders of the figure.Mythological characters, and aspects of nature are central motifs in this style of painting, originally rendered only with fingers and natural colors. The paintings are done on various mediums such as cloth, handmade paper, canvas. The themes followed are basically of Indian traditional figures like Hindu deities such as Krishna, Ram, Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi, and also painting of nature. Vibrant and bold colors are used in this painting work and the theme is drawn in a style of traditional geometric patterns. Scenes of royal courts and social events such as weddings are also beautifully depicted in Madhubani paintings.
Remant have traveled to different countries like Sri Lanka, China, Italy, Mauritius, Singapore for promoting, teaching and exhibiting Mithila Art. He has worked on Wall, canvas, Handmade paper to textiles like Sarees, Dupatta, Bags & many more thing.He is the coordinator of Madhubani Training center – Usha Kala Kendra. Through this center he provides free Madhubani training to village girls & women and also gives them work in this field once they are trained.