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- The defining moment was in 1894 when Varma set up a lithographic printing press in Lonavla, with imported German machines and techniques. The press produced oleographs (prints designed to resemble oil paintings) depicting gods, goddesses and scenes from epics and religious texts like Mahabharata, Ramyana and the Puranas.
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Jan 23, 2013 · The idea of printing and distributing oleographs was given to Ravi Varma by Sir T. Madhava Rao, former Dewan of Travancore and later Baroda, in a letter in the 1880s which read: “There are many friends who are desirous of possessing your works. It would be hardly possible for you, with only a pair of hands, to meet such a large demand.
Aug 29, 2024 · The lithographic printing machine of Ravi Varma functioned on the principle that oil and water do not mix. It involved creating an image on a flat stone slab with an oily or waxy substance and then fixing the image with chemicals. Later, the stone was inked and pressed into paper to take a print.
Sep 9, 2023 · Raja Ravi Varma’s oleographs played a pivotal role in the Indian Art Renaissance. By making art accessible to a broader audience, he effectively democratized the art scene.
Raja Ravi Varma’s oleographs played a pivotal role in the Indian Art Renaissance. By making art accessible to a broader audience, he effectively democratized the art scene.
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Related to the Maharaja of Travancore, he was supported in his art education and then further commissions by the Maharaja and also the British. He was trained in the western style of painting with oil paints on canvas by Dutch artist Theodore Jensen. Ravi Varma was commissioned by the royalty of his times to produce their family portraits of the fi...
It is widely believed that those prints (or oleograph) which have a signature “Ravi Varma” are oleographs of his paintings, while those without a signature are likely oleographs of paintings by other artists. However, some prints which do not carry his printed signature, have also been found to be oleographs of some of his unsigned paintings. The p...
Ravi Varma Oleographs were widely distributed and survived in families, passed down through generations. Over time, many got destroyed, however the ones which have now survived are highly collectible and become harder and harder to find in recent times due to being collected by a large community of collectors. Below are some of the oleographs in ou...
Varma used oleographs on paper, a type of lithography that uses oil paints on paper to make his work available to the masses. He eventually sold the press to one of the Germans.
AIM: To make RAJA RAVI VARMA of KILIMANOOR ‘S contribution to India’s art and culture known to India and world again and to reintroduce beauty and Traditional Art form of India.
