Farrukh Chela

Death: 1604

Biography:

Farrukh Chela was an Indian miniature painter during the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor. He was a prolific artist who contributed to most of the major illustrated manuscripts at the Mughal court. His works are part of collections in the United States of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati Art Museum, Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, and Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and in Ireland of Chester Beatty (Library) in Dublin. Chela's style is distinctive and idiosyncratic, inviting both interest and close examination. He was not considered a great artist in his own time or in recent years, but his contributions to Mughal painting are significant. Chela died in 1604.