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Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter born in 1848 in Kilimanoor, India. He was considered one of the greatest painters in Indian art for introducing oil painting and western techniques to Indian art. He received widespread acclaim after winning awards at international exhibitions. Some of his most famous works depicted scenes from Hindu epics like the Mahabharata. Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58 and made significant contributions to making Indian art more popular globally.
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- 1. RAJA RAVI VARMA Presented by, Muhammed Aslam
- 2. Raja Ravi Rama Varma Born :April 29, 1848 Kilimanoor Died :October 2, 1906 Kilimanoor Occupation : Painter Signature :
- 3. Early life Raja Ravi Varma was born as Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran Of Kilimanoor palace. His father Ezhumavail Bhattatiripad was an accomplished scholar, and his mother Umayamba Thampuratti was a poet and writer whose work Parvati Swayamwaram was published by Raja Ravi Varma after her death. He was trained in water painting by Rama Swami Naidu and later in oil painting by Theodor Jenson. All were impressed by his amazing talent to draw. His father gave him support and trained him under famous artists. As a boy of five, he filled the walls of his house with pictures of animals and illustrations from everyday life.
- 4. His uncle the artist Raja Raja Varma recognized his talents and gave him elementary art lessons. He was taken to Thiruvanathapuram 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 and other parts of the country enabled him to sharpen and expand his skills and blossom into a mature and complete painter.
- 5. Personal life Raja Ravi Varma was married to Pururuttathi Nal Bhageerathi Amma Thampuratti of the Royal House of Mavelikara and they had two sons and three daughters. Their eldest son, Kerala Varma, went missing in 1912. Raja Ravi Varmas eldest daughter, Mahaprabha, appears in two of his prominent paintings. Many films had released showing his life. Renjith Desai, a Marathi novelist had written his biography in the form of novel in Marathi language.
- 6. Varmas daughter Ravi Varmas daughter
- 7. Art career Raja Ravi Varma received widespread acclaim after he won an award for an exhibition of his paintings at Vienna in 1873. Raja Ravi Varmas paintings were also sent to the Worlds Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 and he was awarded two gold medals. He travelled throughout India in search of subjects. He often modeled Hindu Goddesses on south Indian women, whom he considered beautiful. Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and Nala and Damayanti, from Mahabharata.
- 8. Ravi Varmas representation of mythological characters has become a part of the Indian imagination of the epics. He is often criticized for being too showy and sentimental in his style. However his work remains very popular in India. His many fabulous paintings are available at Lakshmi Vilas Palace of Vadodara. During his time Varma is most famous for his paintings of sari-clad women portrayed as shapely and graceful. Varmas paintings became an important motif in 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. Raja Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58. He is considered among the greatest painters
- 9. Lakshmi Vilas Palace Lakshmi Vilas Palace of Vadodara
- 10. in the history of Indian art. Many of his oil paintings are classic and his unique Indian style has later influenced artists and designers worldwide. Raja Ravi Varma owed his success to a systematic training , first in the traditional art of Thanjavoor, and then in European art. His paintings can be broadly classified into: 1. Portraits, 2. Portrait-based compositions, 3. Theatrical compositions based on myths and legends Though the artists immense popularity lay in the third category, the first two types of works prove his merit as an exceedingly sensitive and competent artist. No other painter till today has been able to supersede Ravi Varma in
- 11. portraiture in the oil medium. Ravi Varma is considered as modern among traditionalists and a rationalist among moderns. He provided a vital link between the traditional art and the contemporary, between the Thanjavoor School and Western Academic realism. He bought Indian painting to the attention of the larger world. The glittering career of Raja Ravi Varma is a striking case study of academic art in India. In the year following his death, the Modern Review described him as the greatest artist of modern India, a national builder who showed the moral courage of a gifted high-born in taking up the degrading profession of painting. He was courted assiduously by the British Empire as well as by the Indian
- 12. Maharajas. His less expensive prints of his Hindu deities hung in every home. Galaxy of Musician
- 13. Honours In 1904 Viceroy Lord Curzon, on behalf of the King Emperor bestowed upon Raja Ravi Varma the Kaiser-i- Hind Gold Medal. At this time his name was mentioned as Raja Ravi Varma for the first time, raising objections from Maharajah Moolam Thirunal of Travancore and besides, as per the Marumakkathayam tradition, the name of the maternal uncle was prefixed to the name. Thereafter he always referred to as Raja Ravi Varma. In 1993, art critic Rupika Chawla and artist A Ramachandra n jointly curated a large exhibition of Raja Ravi Varmas
- 14. works at the National Museum, New Delhi. Considering his vast contribution to Indian art, the Government of Kerala has instituted an award called Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram. Raja Ravi Varma with Gold Medal
- 15. Artist in making With the influence of the west, at seeing the Italian Paintings with three dimensional appearance which were quite different from the Native Mural paintings on the walls of the Hindu Temples and after observing the Dutch painter Theodor Jensens paintings for about a months time at Thiruvanathapuram, he adopted new techniques in painting . But the art of mixing colors was kept a secret which he learnt all by himself after continued trial and errors. His paintings had a blend of European techniques of light and shade and the Indian traditional contexts. Ravi Varmas
- 16. Theodor Jensens painting Theodor Jensens painting
- 17. multi-faced subjects running into many hundreads of paintings include Mythology, Epics, Puranas, Sanskrit literature, History, Personal Portraits, and Animal Life. His subjects also included the rustic, common rural folk of divergent backdrops.
- 18. Major Works Village Belle Lady Lost in Thought Damayanti Talking to a Swan The Orchestra Arjuna and Subhadra The heartbroken Swarbat Player Shakuntala Lord Krishna as Ambassador
- 19. Victory of Indrajit A Family of Beggars A Lady Playing Swarbat Lady Giving Alms at the Temple Lord Rama Conquers Varuna Nair Woman Romancing Couple Draupadi Dreading to Meet Kichaka Shantanu and Matsyagandha Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to King Dushyanta Girl in Sage Kanwa's Hermitage (Rishi-Kanya)
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