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There Comes Papa
Painting of Mahaprabha Thampuratti of Mavelikara, Ravi Varma's daughter holding
her daughter HH Sethu Lakshmi Bayi who became Maharani of Travancore-
1893 Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.


Raja Ravi Varma fame was known  world wide when his painting won first prize in “Vienna Art Exhibition” in 1873. He took a journey through out India and portrayed the beauties of india in canvas. He captured the charm and royal touch of the princess and royal families all around India. He often rechristened Hindu Goddesses on South Indian women, who were  beautiful and same time simple. Raja Ravi Varma is mainly noted for his paintings form the story of Dushyant and Shakuntala, and Nala and Damayanti. Indian imagination of the epics is based on the  e of the paintings of Raja Ravi varma. People in India saw the face of their Godsthrough Ravi Varmas Paintings. He died in the year 1906.


Lady in the Moon Light  
A classic painting with extraordinary light effects-1889 Oil Painting - 
Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka



Mother and Child  
A unique painting showing the affection of mother
Oil Painting
Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala



Sri Krishna Liberating His Parents  
A scene from Mahabharatha

Sri Krishna with Balarama freeing parents from prison after killing uncle Kamsa
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka



Sakunthala Pathralekhan
Sakunthala writing letter to Dushyantan after she fall in love with him
Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 



 

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Syrendri
Draupadi, in the guise of Syrendri with Virata's wife
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka


His Highness Raja Ravi  was born on 29th April 1848, in Kilimanoor, a small town of Kerala. He is known for his amazing and colourful paintings, which revolve mainly around the great epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana and other ancient Indian literatures. Raja Ravi Varma is one of the few painters who have managed to accomplish a wonderful merging of the Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art. He is really a king among the painters and a painter among the kings.



Harischandra in Distress 
Harischandra having lost his kingdom and all the wealth parting with his only son in an auction
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka




Sakunthala 
Looks of Love - Sakunthala looking back at Dushyanthan acting as injured with a thorn
1898 Oil Painting - Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 


Sri Rama Vanquishing The Sea 
Varuna the Lord of ocean, pacifying Sri Rama, angered at the intransigence of the sea to give way to enter Lanka  
Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka 




Galaxy of Musicians 
Indian women dressed in regional attires playing on a variety of musical instruments popular in different parts of the country
Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka 

 

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Most of the Ravi Varma Paintings were based on the characters from Mahabharatha, Ramayana and other epics of ancient India. Many of his oil paintings and oleographs are classic and his unique Indian style has later influenced artists and designers worldwide.




Yasoda with Krishna( A scene from Mahabharatha)-Sri Krishna, as a young child with foster mother Yesoda
Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Pleasing(A scene from Mahabharatha) Draupadi, wife of pandavas, bewailing her lot to carry milk and honey to the court of Keechaka
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka


Sakunthala, the heroine of Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama Sakunthalam
Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala


SriKrishna as envoy (A scene from mahabharatha) Sri Krishna, in his role as an Envoy of Pandavas to the Kaurava Court
1905 Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka



Jadayu Vadha (A scene from Ramayana) Ravana, killing Jatau who was encountering Ravana to save Seetha, wife of Sri Rama
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka

 

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The Milk Maid - A North Indian village girl carrying milk
Oil Painting - Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala


His highness Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848 at Kilimanoor Palace in a small princely state called Travancore in Modern Kerala. His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in the Vienna Art Exhibition in 1873. Raja Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. His father was Ezhumavail Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad , accomplished scholar, and his mother was Umayamba Thampuratti (d.1886) a poet and writer whose major work was Parvati Swayamvaram . As a boy of five, he filled the walls of his Palace with pictures of animals and illustrations from everyday life. His uncle the artist Raja Raja Varma recognized his talents and gave him elementary art lessons. He was taken to Thiruvananthapuram in his fourteenth year to stay in the royal palace and learn oil painting. During these formative years the young Ravi Varma had many opportunities to discover and learn new techniques and media in the field of painting. His later years spent in Mysore, Baroda ad other parts of the country enabled him to sharpen and expand his skills and blossom into a mature and complete painter. Propaghandi, a popular Canadian band, has cited him as a major influence to their work. The lead singer of Propaghandi claims to have had sudden inspiration for the song "Gifts" while looking at Lady Giving Alms at the Temple. This is a tribute to his works.



The Maharashtrian Lady-Traditionally dressed Lady of Maharashtra, India
Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala



Expectation -Portrait of a North Indian Lady
Oil Painting - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala


The Sucking Child-An illustrative portrayal of Keralaite mother and child
Oil Painting - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka

 

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