Jivya Soma Mashe, a tribal Warli artist, died away on May 16, 2018, leaving behind a legacy that was bestowed with Intellectual Property Rights. He is maybe the first tribal art form that is granted an IPR. Having begun painting at the early age of seven, this tribal artist from the Dahanu village in Maharashtra was endowed with the unique talent to paint scenes from nature with a free expression of their emotions. In the same manner that the majority of tribal painters learn their craft via observation, Jivya Soma was a pioneer in a few procedures that have fundamentally altered the way that traditional tribal art is interpreted in modern times. Jivya Soma was the first guy to take up this art form and paint in their traditional fashion on a casual basis, without any reason or celebration in mind. Previously, Warli painting was exclusively done by women to celebrate a festival. Jivya Soma was the first man to take up this art form. Jivya Soma changed the surface and began painting on canvas or dark brown paper using a white outline. Traditional Warli paintings were typically painted on the environmentally friendly mud walls of hutments, which were painted with lair, which is a mixture of soil and cow dung, and rice paste using a stick or a brush made from rice crop. Jivya Soma was a guy of few words, but he was gifted with a strong grasp over his sketching. He had a distinct sense of space division, balance in composition, and was particularly skilled at making an impact. He was known for his bold shapes that had a genuine earthiness to them. In one of his paintings, there is a line that runs horizontally across the canvas, separating it into two halves. A serpentine form is used to embellish the bottom half of Mother Earth in a really lovely way, and it immediately provides an element of mystery for the observer. The use of line, dot, and occasionally mass in his painting resulted in the appearance of a wide variety of trees, the sun and the moon, animals such as the snake, and birds such as the peacock, parrot, and sparrow; men and women in dancing poses; a man playing the tarpa, which was the instrument that was played by his tribe; and a great deal more. The instruments that he used in order to convey his straightforward emotion were his remarkable recall, his strong expression, his clarity of ideas, and his forceful and confident line. Those attributes that won him an exceptional recognition at the Pompidou Center in France, the United States of America, and Japan, as well as in India, were reflected in his paintings, which were a reflection of not just tribal culture but also ancestral culture in the truest sense. He demonstrated to the whole world the elegance and power of high-quality country work, and he demonstrated that basic forms and imagery had the ability to appeal to the cosmopolitan layperson of the time period we are now living in. Jivya Soma Mashe was the first and only Warli painter to be awarded the Padma Shree by the Government of India. He was also the first person to get this decoration. Approximately forty-five years ago, people were not familiar with this artistic style. Today, we find a multitude of Warli designs adorning textiles and on the runways of fashion shows; they are also used to decorate walls, greeting cards, and stationery items. People are captivated by the abstract shapes and drawings that are shown. One of the most significant reasons for its broad appeal is that it has evolved into a relatively simple art form that can be practiced by anybody for any purpose. No more, however. It is possible that Warli art is the only tribal art to have attained this cult status. Warli art has only very recently been registered under the Intellectual Property Rights Act. In addition, this is something that can be attributed to Jivya Soma Mashe, who, in his innocence and naiveté, introduced these ideas into the culture of the five-star hotel in the city. In the present day, his sons, Sadashiv and Balu, are the ones who continue to carry on the heritage. Take a look at the pictures on the website indiaartndesign.com.
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