Raja Ravi Varma, famous Indian Painter

Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter from the princely state of Travancore credited with bringing about a momentous turn in the art of India. Raja Ravi Varma was fondly known as Prince among painters and painter among princes. The painter who carved a niche for himself in the world of art was considered to be modern among traditionalists and a rationalist among moderns.

Raja Ravi Varma was born on 29th April 1848, in Kilimanoor, a small town of Kerala. He achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. His paintings are considered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art. Raja Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58.

He provided a vital link between the traditional Indian art and the contemporary, between the Tanjore School and Western Academic realism. Varma is most remembered for his paintings of beautiful sari-clad women, who were portrayed as shapely and graceful.  He brought Indian painting to the attention of  the larger world and won awards at the Vienna exhibition in 1873. Amazing  in depth, clarity and detail, his paintings exude life. Nala Damayanti, Shantanu and Matsyagandha, Shantanu and Ganga, Radha and Madhava, Kamsa Maya, Shrikrishna and Devaki, Arjuna and Subhadra, Draupadi Vastraharan, Harischandra and Taramati, Vishwamitra and Menaka, Seetaswayamvaram, Young Bharat and a Lion Cub, The Birth of Sri Krishna, Keechaka and Sairanthri took new forms under his skillful brush.

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