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Raja Ravi Varma is famous for his paintings based on Indian mythology & epics. He is probably the first Indian artist to master perspective and the use of the oil medium; the first to use human models to illustrate Hindu gods and goddesses; the first Indian artist to become famous, before him painters and craftsmen were largely unidentified; and the first to make his work available not just to the rich elite but also to common people by way of his oleographs.Varma was the first Indian to use Western techniques of perspective and composition and to adapt them to Indian subjects, styles, and themes. He won the Governor’s Gold Medal in 1873 for the painting Nair Lady Adorning Her Hair. He became a world famous Indian painter after winning in 1873 Vienna ExhibitionIn 1894 he set up a lithographic press in order to mass-produce copies of his paintings as oleographs, enabling ordinary people to afford them. That innovation resulted in the tremendous popularity of his images, which became an integral part of popular Indian culture thereafter.Raja Ravi Varma was the first and the only person in India to have had a personal, special post office, provided to him in view of the high volume of fan mails arriving as cartloads.
Portrait of Chamrajendra Wodeyar X (detail)
Portrait of Chamrajendra Wodeyar X
Lady with Flower Garland
A native noble manGovernment Museum Chennai
Portrait of Ammakovil ThampuranPortrait of a foreigner
Portrait of an old lady and her grand-daughter
A Student - Classic painting of a young member of royal family, in his study room
Mother preparing vegetablesGovernment Museum Chennai
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Village Belle (Price Realized $25,850)
Alms A small girl giving alms to a poor old woman
Alms Lady Giving Alms at the Temple
Lady Going for Pooja - A lady going to worship in temple
The Suckling Child - An illustrative portrayal of Keralaite mother and child
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Fresh from Bath - Painting of a Malayali lady after bath in pond
Lady on the Bridge - Painting of a Malayali lady sitting on the bridge
In Contemplation
Portrait of Princess Bharani Thirunal Rani Parvathi Bayi.
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Raja Ravi Varma paintings - under Fibre Optic lighting
The Lady with a Mirror (1894) Government Museum Chennai
Government Museum Chennai
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Portrait of Lord
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Woman with
Veena
Painting of a
malayali lady
playing veena
The Milkmaid
Painting of a north Indian village girl carrying milk
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Maharashtrian Lady Near The Well
Girl in Sage Kanwa's Hermitage (Rishi-Kanya)
La
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Lady in Prison Imprisoned lady holding a dagger
La
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Lady Playing the Veena
Ma
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Malabar Lady - Portrait of an
elegant looking aristocratic Malabar
Lady
Reclining Woman Portrait of an elite Kerala lady reclining and servant looking after her
Re
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Lady with Veena
Looking into the Mirror - Traditionally
dressed Malayali lady
and child
Portrait of Kadambari, a lady playing
sitar
The Parsee Lady
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Thara Varini (1896)
Queen Mary
Lady with Jewels
The Reaper
The reaper lady waiting for the ferry
The Miser
Government Museum Chennai
The Maharashtrian
Lady Painting of a traditionally
dressed lady of Maharashtra,
India
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Mrs. Ramanadha Rao and son
Sir T. Madhava
Rao - Portrait
Madhava Rao was
the Diwan of
Travancore from 1857
to 1872
Rajput soldier
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Marriage of H.H Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and Rana Prathap Kumari of Kathiawar
Nobleman from Central
India
Portrait of Gentleman
National Gallery of
Modern Art New Delhi
Mother India (Oleolithograph)
Maharana Prathap Singh Portrait of Maharana Prathap Singh
(1572-97) based on miniature Maharana Fateh Singh (1884-1930)
Portrait of Mahareja
Sayajirao III at his
Investiture
Portrait of Maharaja Moolam Thirunal
Puddukotta Durbar - Durbar of Puddukottai Maharaja with British officials
Historic Meeting
HH Subbamma Bai Sahib
Rani of Pudukottai
Maharani Chimanbai - Portrait
Maharani Chimanbai - Portrait M
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Malayalee Lady - Portrait of an
elegant Keralite lady
Portrait of a Lady (1893) Detail
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Stolen Interview Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
Considering his vast contribution to Indian art, the Government of Kerala has instituted an award called "Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram", which is awarded every year to people who show excellence in the field of art and culture.
Portrait of Princess Tharabai
Portrait of a Lady
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Galaxy of Musicians
The most expensive silk saree was sold for Rs. 3,931,627 ($100,021; £50,679) on 5 January 2008. It was made by Chennai Silks, India and features reproductions of 11 paintings by the celebrated Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma.The main image is a reproduction of Varma's famous 'Galaxy of Musicians'. The sari took a total of 4760 man-hours to produce.
India has been known to have wonderful dresses and costumes. One of the most expressive clothes of woman’s femininity and accepted attire is sari or saree, a long piece of un-stitched cloth with an average length of 6 metres that is draped over the body in various styles.What make a piece of cloth Most expensive? Fabric, Brand name associated with it, Jewels, or the heritage carried by it. To your surprise, the factor associated with this Sari is the “Painting”. A scintillating beauty bedazzled with 12 valuable stones and embossed with 11 celebrated paintings of Raja Ravi Verma, is the world’ most expensive sari. To be identified as a ‘the world’s most expensive sari’ for sure, it is designed by handloom weavers of city-based textile house ‘The Chennai Silks’ and portrays Raja Ravi Verma’s renowned art work of ‘Lady Musicians’ featuring women choir from diverse enriching milieu. The border of the sari flaunts 10 paintings by Ravi Verma, which can be seen as a tribute to the celebrated artist. Trinkets made of gold, ruby, diamond, emerald, platinum, silver, yellow sapphire, sapphire, cat’s eye, topaz, pearl and coral are all incorporated to embellish the women attribute in the paintings, via convoluted hand woven process. It is being claimed that the production of the sari consumer 4,760 man hours of the highly-skilled weavers, using a double warp.
Rang Rasiya is an Indian drama film based on the life
of Raja Ravi Varma.
The film is directed Ketan Mehta. It stars
Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen and
a newcomer Feryna Wazheir in
the lead roles.
Sound: Gaurangi Devi Dasi aka Pia - Jagannatha Swami
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