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Raja Ravi Varma
Raja Ravi Varma
His uncle Raja Raja Varma noticed the talent of the child and
gave preliminary lessons on painting.
Most of his oil paintings are based on Hindu epic stories and
characters.
Many of his oil paintings are classic and his unique Indian
style has later influenced artists and designers worldwide.
Important 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
Jatayu, a bird devotee of Lord Rama is mauled
byRavana
Victory of Indrajit
The gypsies[attribution needed]
A Lady Playing Swarbat
Lady Giving Alms at the Temple
Lord Rama Conquers Varuna
Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala
Nair Woman
Romancing Couple
Draupadi Dreading to Meet Kichaka
Shantanu and Matsyagandha
Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to
KingDushyanta
Girl in Sage Kanwa's Hermitage (Rishi-Kanya)
Bharani Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore
Sri Shanmukha Subramania Swami
Woman holding a fan
3D painting of The Mysore king in a
horse[available at the Mysore palace]
The Maharashtrian Lady
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas)
Hamsa Damayanthi
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1899)
Sakunthala
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1898)
Goddess Saraswathi
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1896)
Jatayu Vadham
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1895)
Goddess Lakshmi
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1896)
Goddess Durga
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas)
Hamsa Damayanthi
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1899)
There Comes Papa
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1893)
Arjuna and Subhadra
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1890)
Galaxy of Musicians
(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas)
Lithographic printing was a printing process with
different stone plates for different colours.
Bharat Milap
(Lithographic Print from Ravi Varma Press)
Riddhi Siddhi Ganapathi
(Lithographic Print from Ravi Varma Press)
Vanavasi Ram
(Lithographic Print from Ravi Varma Press)
Sreerama Durbar
(Lithographic Print from Ravi Varma Press)
Oleograph
Oleograph, alsocalled chromolithograph or chromo
, colour lithograph produced by preparing a separate
stone by hand for each colour to be used and printing
one colour in register over another.
The term is most often used in reference to
commercial prints. Sometimes as many as 30 stones
were used for a single print.
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