Raja Ravi Varma's paintings are nothing short of iconic, but if you dig a little deeper, you'll find a treasure trove of hidden meanings, techniques, and influences that even the most passionate ...

Whether Ram, Vishnu, or Lakshmi, the heroic warriors of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Shakuntala of Kalidasa, the King of Baroda, or Swami Vivekananda, there is one name that brings them all under ...

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 ...

Ravi Varma's paintings were strikingly different on account of his novel approach. From the vast repository of Indian classic literature, Ravi Varma selected themes that evoked an emotional ...

New Delhi: Raja Ravi Varma revolutionised art by blending the divine with the mundane, challenging traditional norms. Accused of diluting the purity of deities, the 19th-century artist faced ...

It is a family portrait by India’s first modernist painter, Raja Ravi Varma. The work, a horizontal oil-on-canvas, depicts a man, a woman and their three children. It goes back to Calicut of ...

And be it in the form of paintings, photographs ... One of the most iconic works of Raja Ravi Varma, the man credited with taking Indian arts to the global stage, is ‘Shakuntala’, the painting ...