Raja Ravi Varma is one of the most famous painters in India. He is known as the ‘Father of Modern Indian Art, and his expertise was in mythological and historical scenes. He made his characters, ...

Raja Ravi Varma's one of the most beautiful paintings is for sure ‘Lady in the Moonlight’. The painting features a woman, draped in an elegant attire, a saree blue and red. She is also wearing pearls ...

In 1857, a nine-year-old boy in Kerala's Trivandrum district began painting elephants and horses on temple walls. His maid complained about him to his maternal uncle, Raja Raja Varma, one of the ...

In 1888, in Ooty, Raja Ravi Varma met the Gaekwad of Baroda and secured a commission of 14 Puranic paintings for the Durbar Hall of the new Lakshmi Vilas Palace at Baroda. Tapati Guha-Thakurta has ...

As you enter the exhibition hall of the Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation in Bengaluru, the ongoing exhibit Daughter of Providence captures you from the first display. On the occasion of the 176th ...

The Shaping of an Artist is the first of a six volume series, An Everlasting Imprint, on the legacy of Raja Ravi Varma, India’s foremost modern artist. Ganesh V Shivaswamy has appropriately released ...