In February 1906, the 10-year-old rani of Travancore was taken to the upstairs window of an old palace. Standing below in the courtyard were two boys, one a college-goer, the other his teenaged ...

Raja Ravi Varma, often regarded as the ‘Father of ... this initiative breathes new life into RRV’s paintings, making them accessible to contemporary viewers while preserving their cultural ...

Here we mention 5 paintings by Raja Ravi Varma that leave people in awe. One of Ravi Varma’s most famous and acclaimed paintings is ‘Shakunthala’. It shows a scene from the Mahabharata where ...

CHENNAI: Born during a pivotal era in the formation of modern Indian identity, Raja Ravi Varma played a ... not just the aesthetic beauty of Varma’s paintings but also their cultural, historical ...

Bengaluru: Paintings as part of 'Daughter of Providence', an exhibition showcasing Raja Ravi Varma's unseen paintings that celebrates the life and work of his eldest granddaughter Maharani Sethu ...

“It is one of the two Indulekha paintings of Raja Ravi Varma. One was in a reclining pose, which is already in the public sphere. The one recently unveiled has Indulekha as a lovelorn girl ...

Today, on Raja Ravi Varma’s 176th birth anniversary ... Readers learn about the European realist techniques Varma used and how prints of his paintings made it to middle-class homes through ...

Raja Ravi Varma's art was a fusion of traditional Indian themes but with Western techniques. The themes, characters, the women, were all very much Indian and characters of religious importance.

BENGALURU: Raja Ravi Varma’s Lady with the Lamp or Galaxy of Musicians best explains the work of the legendary artist. The paintings are snippets from the life of a woman in her home or show the ...