Raja Ravi Varma
PAINTER WHO HELPED INDIANS BRING THEIR GODS HOME
- indian painter & artist
- late 19th cen - born on this day, in 1848
- fusion of european academic art with a purely indian sensibility and iconography
- Was one of the first Indian artists to use oil paints and master the art of lithographic reproduction
- famous works:
- nair lady adorning her hair
- lady in the moonlight
- lady with swarbat
- maharashtrian lady with fruits
- malabar lady with violin
- patronised by ayilyam thirunal, mahraja of travancore
- teachers:
- rama swami naidu
- danish portraitist Theodore jenson
- 1894 - started lithographic printing press in Ghatkopar, mumbai
- honours;
- curzon - Kaiser - i - hind gold medal in 1904
- 2013 - crater in mercury named after him
- RAJA RAVI VARMA AWARD - by kerala govt
THERE IS NO FAILURE. IT'S ONLY UNFINISHED SUCCESS
