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Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [ɾaːdʒaː ɾɐʋi ʋɐrm(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 [3] [4]) was an Indian painter and artist.His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography.
Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. Ravi Varma depicts Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabharata, pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband/lover, Dushyantha, while her friends tease her and call her bluff. Tapati Guha ...
The collection includes portraits of the royal family in addition to the paintings based on Hindu mythology for which Raja Ravi Varma was famous. There is a collection of sculptures in marble and bronze. These include copies of great masters in bronze commissioned by the Maharaja and also originals by renowned artists.
The palace originally handed over 70 Ravi Varma paintings but some of them are not on display at the art gallery due to space constraints. [9] [7] The Kerala government undertook the restoration of Ravi Varma paintings in 2005. [10] Ravi Varma's masterpiece paintings Shakuntala and Damayanti Talking to a Swan are displayed at the gallery. In ...
Artist: Raja Ravi Varma: Year: 1889: Type: Oil on Canvas: Location: Jaganmohan Palace: Galaxy of Musicians is an 1889 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma ...
Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was a remarkable self-taught Indian painter from the princely state of Travancore. His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in the Vienna Art Exhibition in 1873. Varma's paintings were also sent to the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 and his work was awarded two gold medals. [7]