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- Varma is most remembered for his paintings of sari-clad women portrayed as shapely and graceful. Varma’s paintings became an important motif of the time, reproductions being found in almost every middle-class home. His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in the Vienna Art Exhibition in 1873.
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Raja Ravi Varma was born M. R. Ry. Ravi Varma, Koil Thampuran of Kilimanoor at Kilimanoor palace in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore (present-day Kerala) [6] into an aristocratic family that for over 200 years produced consorts for the princesses of the matrilineal Travancore royal family.
As an artist he changed India's vision of gods and goddesses from supernatural imagery to a human style, with an attention to minute details, from fabrics, hair styles...
Aug 15, 2024 · Ravi Varma was an Indian painter best known for uniting Hindu mythological subject matter with European realist historicist painting style. He was one of the first Indian artists to use oil paints and to master the art of lithographic reproduction of his work.
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Career. Raja Ravi Varma started his career at a young age and soon enjoyed widespread recognition for his works. In 1873, his paintings were not only exhibited at a prominent exhibition in Vienna, but he also won an award for one of his displays.
Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran, later to be famous as ‘Raja Ravi Varma,’ hailed from Kilimanoor Palace in rural Kilimanoor, falling in the domain of the erstwhile State of Travancore in South...
Raja Ravi Varma (April 29, 1848 – October 2, 1906) was an Indian artist from the princely state of Travancore (presently in Kerala) who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
During the last quarter of the 19th century and in the early years of the 20th century, Ravi Varma was the most famous artist of India. He was a portrait-maker to the Indian and Anglo-Indian...
