Different styles of Thangka representative different schools of paintings in Tibet. The painting schools of Tibet can be divided into :
 
Karzhi school

Karzhi is one of the schools of Tibetan paintings and sculptures styles. It is said this school follows the painting style which had been used by Karma Mikye Dorje in the Figure Measurement composed by himself and was famous for painting calm and kind-hearted personal figures.
  
ChenZher School

ChenZher School is founded by ChenZher ChanMou of KhongKarLdo in Tibet. This school was born out of ManThangPa painting style and prolongs the painting style of ManThangPa.

Mansale School

The fouder of Mansale School was Qiangpa¡¤Quyang Gyel-tshap. Their painting style is close to the ManNiang School with characteristic of boorish lines,powerful faces,taller figures,dense color and fine painting techniques.
 
Karlri School

Karlri School was founded by the Living Buddha LanMuKar ZhaXi who combined  the technique of measurement in Tibetan painting style with those of colouring and arrangement in chinese painting of the Han nationality. It has characteristic of large picture and various contents. The personage been painted almost had comeliness and pretty face and implicit smile .
 
JeJuBi School

JeJuBi School is a school of painting founded by Karma Quyhang Dorje who absorbed  the painting style of Kashmir on the basis of Tibetan painting .
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Manlu School

Manlu School is the total call of ManNiang School and Mansale School.

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DenLu School

The painting style of Scholars named ChiJar and ManThang¡¤CharKar and so on is called DenLu School. They had written many art books like Figure Measurement Favonian Beads etc.
 
ShiGamPa School

The painting style of ShiGamPa and schools which kept this  painting style are totally called ShiGamPa School. It is also called  Nepal School because of been influenced by the painting style of Nepal.

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Deri School

Deri School is a school which combined the painting style of Karlri school and ManThangPa school.They mostly pay attention to the sculpt,expression and connotation of the persons  painted. There are many famous painters in this school like Tenzin Norepu, RongPa¡¤SonamJeBau, ZhiLapriwuChairang, ThangLaChaiWang etc.
 
ManNiang School

It is the earlist  painting school in Tibet which was founded by ManlaThongZhu in the 14 th century.The persons painted in their works were almost with a smile as anger , with a slim and graceful figure and verisimilar expression , wearing magnificent clothes, been colored refinedly , and the yardstick of every position of the body is moderate .