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Raja Ravi Varma
Shalini Tiwari
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Drawing & Painting
Govt. Girls PG College, Badalpur
Gautam Buddha Nagar

Birth
Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848 in Kilimanoor, in Kerala and was
a member of the ruling family of Travancore.
Death
October 2, 1906, Kilimanoor
Parents
His father’s name was Ezhumavil NeelaKanthan Bhattatiripad and mother’s name
was Umayamba Thampurratti.
Education
His uncle Raja Raja Varma recognised his talent and taught him painting. In May,
1862 Ravi Varma came to Thiruvananthapuram to learn oil painting under the
patronage of Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja of Travancore. He learnt water colour
from palace painter Ramaswami Naidu.
In 1868, Dutch painter, Theodor Jenson came in the court of Travancore, Raja
Ravi Varma learnt oil colour technique from him.
Marriage
In 1866, Ravi Varma got married to 12 years old Bhageerthi Bayi, at the age of 18.

1873 - won first prize at Vienna Art Exhibition
1893 – He received 3 gold medals at the world’s Columbian Exhibition.
1904 - Viceroy Lord Curzon honored him with the Kaisar –i- Hind Gold Medal.
Subject Matter
Raja Ravi Varma’s Paintings can be categorized into three category:
• Portrait
•Composition (portrait based)
•Theatrical composition based on myths and Indian legends.
Mythological stories, Purans, Hindu epic such as Ramayan, Hindu gods and
Goddesses, Dushyant and Shakuntala, Nala and Damayanti, Harishchandra etc.
Lithographic Printing Press
T. Madhava Rao, Dewan of Travancore gave a suggestion to Ravi Varma to start
a printing press. Raja Ravi Varma started a printing press in Ghatkopar in Mumbai in
1894. The press came with tons of Oleographs, depicting Hindu Gods and goddesses.
Award

Style
Raja Ravi Varma was the first Indian artist who used western techniques of
perspective and composition and mix them with Indian subjects and themes.
Honors
• Govt. of kerala started an award Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram for the excellence in
the field of art and culture.
• In 2013, the crater on Mercury was named in his honor.
• Indian post issued a stamp depicting Raja Ravi Varma and his painting ‘Damayanti
and Swan’ on his 65 death anniversary.

Famous Paintings
1. Saraswati
Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma

2. Sri Rama conquers Varuna (Ramayana)

3. Damayanti (Mahabharata)

4. Jatayu wars with Ravana

5. Galaxy of Musicians

6. Gypsies

7. Woman holding a fruit

References
• Chaitanya, K., Raja Ravi Varma, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1960
• Raja Ravi Varma – The Painter Prince: 1848 – 1906, Parsram
Manngharam, Bangalore, 2003
• The painter: A life of Ravi Varma by Deepanjana Pal Random House India,
2011

1. Avinash Bahadur Verma - Bhartiya ChitraKala Ka itihas
2. G.K. Agrawal- Kala aur Kalam
3. Percy Brown - Indian Paintings

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