{"id":38968,"date":"2024-02-16T16:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=38968"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:59:09","slug":"favorite-raja-ravi-varma-paintings-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/art\/favorite-raja-ravi-varma-paintings-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite Raja Ravi Varma Paintings & Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter and artist whose works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with Indian asthetics. He is considered to be the father of modern Indian art, and his paintings are known for their portrayal of Indian mythology and everyday life. I have always been enamoured by his painting style and colors and loved looking at the Ravi Varma print of Sarawati in our grandparents pooja room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tara Devi by Ravi Varma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Raja Ravi Varma is one of the most renowned Indian painters of the 19th century and he gave form to many goddess and mythical figures. He was born in 1848 in Killimanoor<\/em> Village, twenty four miles from the town of Kottayam in Travancore<\/em> <\/strong>State. In 1866, he married the youngest sister of Maharaja of Travancore<\/em>. Ravi Varma had the chance to observe the working technique of Theodore Jensen, a Danish born British artist, who visited Travancore in 1869. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The painting above is Tara Devi who is described as a tantric deity popular in India, China, Tibet and Mongolia. The word \u2018Tara\u2019 means one who ferries a across the ocean of suffering. Tara Devi is also the wife of Vali, the powerful warlord in the Ramayan. We not sure which Tara was painted by Ravi Varma but regardless isn’t it beautiful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This portrait of the Rani of Kurupam<\/a> is one of my favorite painting. It was commissioned by the Raja of Kurupam who was heartborken after the death of his young wife. It is held in a private collection but thanks to Google Arts & Culture we can still enjoy it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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