RAJA RAVI VARMA - The Legend
Raja Ravi Varma (April 29, 1948- October 2, 1906) is most remembered for his paintings of beautiful sari-clad women, who were portrayed as shapely and graceful.
His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in the Vienna Art Exhibition in 1873.
Raja Ravi Varma was born as Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran of Kilimanoor palace in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore(thiruvithankur) in Kerala.
His father Ezhumavail Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad was an accomplished scholar, and his mother Umayamba Thampuratti (d.1886) was a poet and writer whose work Parvati Swayamvaram would be published by Raja Ravi Varma after her death.
His siblings were C. Goda Varma (b.1854), C.Raja Raja Varma (b.1860) and Mangala Bayi Thampuratti, who was also a painter.
At a young age he secured the patronage of HH Maharajah Ayilyam Thirunal of Travancore,( a relative, and began formal training thereafter.
His father Ezhumavail Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad was an accomplished scholar, and his mother Umayamba Thampuratti (d.1886) was a poet and writer whose work Parvati Swayamvaram would be published by Raja Ravi Varma after her death.
His siblings were C. Goda Varma (b.1854), C.Raja Raja Varma (b.1860) and Mangala Bayi Thampuratti, who was also a painter.
At a young age he secured the patronage of HH Maharajah Ayilyam Thirunal of Travancore,( a relative, and began formal training thereafter.
He was trained in water painting by Rama Swami Naidu, and later in oil painting by Dutch portraitist Theodor Jenson.
Raja Ravi Varma High school for Boys & Girls are situated at Kilimanoor in memory of Him.
There are lot of other cultural organizations through out Kerala with His name. His palace is nearly 6 Kilometer from Ponganadu and 7.7kilometer from Pazhayachanda.
There are lot of other cultural organizations through out Kerala with His name. His palace is nearly 6 Kilometer from Ponganadu and 7.7kilometer from Pazhayachanda.
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