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During the rule of the East India Company, a new kind of painting popularly known as "Company School' made its appearance in India. The officials of the Company were interested in paintings that could capture the pictorial and exotic aspects of India besides recording the variety in the Indian way of life. The Indian artists of this school adapted their style according to the British tastes. They produced paintings of flora and fauna, landscapes, historical monuments, durbar scenes, images of native rulers, trades and occupations, festivals, ceremonies dance and music. They changed their medium and now began to paint with water colours and also used pencil. Paintings were done on paper. Company paintings were first produced in the Madras Presidency in South India. This soon spread to other parts of the country such as Calcutta, Lucknow, Agra,Delhi, Punjab and Western India.
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