The magic of Indian craftsmanship is perfectly revealed in the beautiful paintings that serve as wonderful pieces of art. The painted colors bring out the fine details for realistic looks. The frames of paintings enhance their life capturing the maximum possible beauty of art. Frames are often made to enclose the paintings.

Paintings are placed in frames to set them off from their surroundings, to honor or decorate them, and to protect them from harm. Often custom frames are hand-painted by the artist to complement the painting itself. This is absolutely the best way exhibiting the paintings, as the artist creates the frames individually to match the colors and motifs of the image. Each frame is an original work of art in itself. Many works of art have been reframed and thus, old paintings are often found to be no longer in their original frames.

Moldings for picture frames are mitered so that their corners are right angles. The designing of frames depends upon:

The painting, if signifies certain period, style, region, or evokes one, the types of frames in use at that time or in that place. The colors of the wall, furnishings, other frames etc.

Paintings can be classified as:
» Mughal Paintings
» Animal Paintings
» Bird Paintings
» Village Paintings
» Indian Epic Paintings
» Religious Paintings