Rickshaw painting of Bangladesh

Initially, they were undecorated, but starting in the late 1940s, the faces of movie stars began appearing as decorative motifs on shields at the back of the rickshaws along with a variety of floral paintings.

[citation needed] Artwork on the wheels of the rickshaws are done using very bold, bright and raw colours, like fluorescent green, dark red and so on.

It serves the expression of heart's desires of the man in the street for women, power, wealth, as well as for religious devotion.

The painted rectangular metal board at the backside, between the two wheels, leaves a trail of passion that the Rickshaw artist puts in his creations.

In the back of rickshaws however, there is generally a mark of the maker indicated by a bold steel pin, for example "Fazlu Mistri".

Third and fourth generations are increasingly less interested in learning the art due to low incomes of two to three dollars a day as well as the lack of recognition.