Raja Ravi Varma - The Painter Prince

Raja Ravi Varma Paintings

Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was born in Kilimanoor Palace as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad. At the age of seven years he started drawing on the palace walls using charcoal. His uncle Raja Raja Varma noticed the talent of the child and gave preliminary lessons on painting. At the age of 14, Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja took him to Travancore Palace and he was taught water painting by the palace painter Rama Swamy Naidu. After 3 years Theodor Jenson, a British painter taught him oil painting.

Most of Ravi Varma's paintings are based on Hindu epic stories and characters. In 1873 he won the First Prize at the Madras Painting Exhibition. He became a world famous Indian painter after winning in 1873 Vienna Exhibition.

Here we have collected some of the classic paintings of Raja Ravi Varma.

Collection of Oil Paintings done by Raja Ravi Varma
Lady With the Lamp Masterpiece Oil Painting By Raja Ravi Varma	Portrait of Ammakovil Thampuran	Droupathi in Virata's palace	Painting of Droupathi taken to forest by Simhika
Painting of a North Indian Lady	Painting A lady making a beautiful flower garland	Portrait of a foreigner	A poor gypsy family sitting by the street
Painting of Princess Damayanthi	Painting of Harischandra	Painting of A lady in deep thoughts	Seetha horrified seeing Ravana cutting Jatayu's wing
Ravana, killing Jatau	Jayachandra Maharaja's Portrait Painted on Canvas	Still Life Indian Painting on Canvas by Raja Ravi Varma	Kerala Lady
Famous Decorative Art - Oil Painting by Raja Ravi Varma	Trditionally dressed Keralaite lady with child	Raja Ravi Varma's Painting	Wall Painting by Raja Ravi Varma
Sri Krishna, in his role as an Envoy of Pandavas to the Kaurava Court	Sri Krishna with Balarama freeing parents from prison after killing uncle Kamsa	A small girl giving alms to a poor old woman	Painting of A Keralaite lady in dressing room
Decorative Painting Techniques - unique in style Raja Ravi Varma	Painting of Imprisoned lady holding a dagger	Indian Canvas Painting by Raja Ravi Varma	A lady playing music instrument Swarbat
Keralaite lady in traditional dress playing Veena	Oil Painting  Godess Lakshmi	Traditionally Dressed Lady from Maharashtra India	An elegant Keralite lady
Painting of  a North Indian Village Girl Carrying Milk	Mohini asking Rugmangada to kill his own son Raja Ravi Varma Painting	Raja Ravi Varma's classic painting with extraordinary light effects	painting showing the affection of mother
Indian women dressed in regional attires playing on a variety of musical instruments popular in different parts of the country	Oil Painting Reproduction of a masterpiece portrait painted by Raja Ravi Varma	Portrait of an old lady and her grand-daughter	Draupadi, wife of pandavas, bewailing her lot to carry milk and honey to the court of Keechaka
Portrait of a lady with a love letter	Love scene of Sri Krishna and Radha	Raja Ravi Varma Painting	Raja Ravivarma Painting
Rajaravi Varma Painting	Rajaravivarma	Sri Rama breaking the bow to win Seetha as wife	Mrs. Ramanadha Rao and son painted by Ravi Varma
Ravi Varma Painting	A reluctant princess painted by Ravivarma	Sakunthala looking back at Dushyanthan	Sakunthala, the heroine of Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama Sakunthalam
Sakunthala writing letter to Dushyantan	An oleograph - Raja Ravi Varma Painting	King Santhanu falling in love with Matsyagandhi	Oil Painting Godess Saraswathi
Famous Original Indian Canvas Painting by Raja Ravi Varma	Varuna the Lord of ocean, pacifying Sri Rama	Keralite Mother and Child	Princess Damayanthi, sending the Royal Swan as messenger to Nalan
Famous Indian Oil Painting by Raja Ravi Varma	Draupadi, in the guise of Syrendri with Virata's wife	Colourful portrait of a young village girl	Antique Indian Oil Painting - Raja Ravi Vama's Vishnu
Oil  Painting By Raja Ravi Varma	Sri Krishna, as a young child with foster mother Yesoda

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