He made himself immortal through his Paintings

I listened name of Raja Ravi varma but first time I see his painting. From surname looking that he was North Indian, because Varma surname used in North. But he was from Kerla.

He is from Kerala I  am a great fan Of Ravi Verma.

Incredible one, all the women are really looking alive, the ornaments looks shining and alive too.

That is the greatness of Ravi Varma. All his paintings look very realistic. The color combination, shading, make those Paintings just like Photographs.

anil wrote:

I listened name of Raja Ravi varma but first time I see his painting. From surname looking that he was North Indian, because Varma surname used in North. But he was from Kerla.

Varma is not a common surname in Kerala since it was the name of a royal family and Raja Ravi Varma was part of the Travancore  Royal family .

Beautiful paintings! He was a great painter indeed.

I agree. It goes without saying, lot of hard work must have gone in creating these beautiful Paintings

rambabu wrote:

He is from Kerala I  am a great fan Of Ravi Verma.

You are also a artist, so it is natural that you are great fan of Raja Ravi verma.

Yes. I am an Amateurist Artist.

usha manohar wrote:

anil wrote:

I listened name of Raja Ravi varma but first time I see his painting. From surname looking that he was North Indian, because Varma surname used in North. But he was from Kerla.

Varma is not a common surname in Kerala since it was the name of a royal family and Raja Ravi Varma was part of the Travancore  Royal family .

In north India verma surname is used by people who belongs from SC/ST. Here one community known as Kumhar. Profession of these are making soil pots. They used verma surname.

Different  titles or Sur manea vary from region to region. Their profession and caste need not be same.

rambabu wrote:

Different  titles or Sur manea vary from region to region. Their profession and caste need not be same.

Yes, We aggarwal have only 18 surname one of these is Goyal. Some people form verma community is using this surname. 

Discussion is about Raja Ravi Varma, restrict the conversation to only that.

One thing I wanted to bring to everyone's notice is that in the link provided by Rambabu, the second image of the painting of a young lady with a lamp in the hand is not painted by Raja Ravi Verma but it by Savlaram Haldankar. The painting is titled 'Glow of Hope' and the model was his own 11-year old daughter Geeta Upalekar who recently turned 100. Read wiki link below for more information of that painting which is now housed in the Mysore palace museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_of_Hope

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Discussion is about Raja Ravi Varma, restrict the conversation to only that.

One thing I wanted to bring to everyone's notice is that in the link provided by Rambabu, the second image of the painting of a young lady with a lamp in the hand is not painted by Raja Ravi Verma but it by Savlaram Haldankar. The painting is titled 'Glow of Hope' and the model was his own 11-year old daughter Geeta Upalekar who recently turned 100. Read wiki link below for more information of that painting which is now housed in the Mysore palace museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_of_Hope

Kalyani, I  found some more information about Gita , who is apparently the daughter of Haldankar ..This link gives more personal details about the lady . The painting is extremely beautiul !

http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/How-a-woman-with-a-lamp-turned-a-plain-canvas-into-a-masterpiece/articleshow/50033938.cms

rambabu wrote:

That is the greatness of Ravi Varma. All his paintings look very realistic. The color combination, shading, make those Paintings just like Photographs.

Now after seeing all these I have become a fan of him.

Ravi Varma  finely depicts scenes from  the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata . Another good aspect in the Paintings of Ravi Varma is, they are the fusion of Indian traditions and with the techniques of European academic art.

usha manohar wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Discussion is about Raja Ravi Varma, restrict the conversation to only that.

One thing I wanted to bring to everyone's notice is that in the link provided by Rambabu, the second image of the painting of a young lady with a lamp in the hand is not painted by Raja Ravi Verma but it by Savlaram Haldankar. The painting is titled 'Glow of Hope' and the model was his own 11-year old daughter Geeta Upalekar who recently turned 100. Read wiki link below for more information of that painting which is now housed in the Mysore palace museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_of_Hope

Kalyani, I  found some more information about Gita , who is apparently the daughter of Haldankar ..This link gives more personal details about the lady . The painting is extremely beautiul !

http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/How-a-woman-with-a-lamp-turned-a-plain-canvas-into-a-masterpiece/articleshow/50033938.cms

Thanks for the link! I read the news too, it was in the papers last week when she was felicitated in a grand function. It is a beautiful painting and when S. L. Haldankar painted this, she was only 11, although she looks older. It is one of the masterpieces in the representational paintings that exists in India today. I wish to see the original one day which is placed in Mysore museum. Maybe you could go see it as you live in the state!

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Discussion is about Raja Ravi Varma, restrict the conversation to only that.

One thing I wanted to bring to everyone's notice is that in the link provided by Rambabu, the second image of the painting of a young lady with a lamp in the hand is not painted by Raja Ravi Verma but it by Savlaram Haldankar. The painting is titled 'Glow of Hope' and the model was his own 11-year old daughter Geeta Upalekar who recently turned 100. Read wiki link below for more information of that painting which is now housed in the Mysore palace museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_of_Hope

Kalyani, I  found some more information about Gita , who is apparently the daughter of Haldankar ..This link gives more personal details about the lady . The painting is extremely beautiul !

http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/How-a-woman-with-a-lamp-turned-a-plain-canvas-into-a-masterpiece/articleshow/50033938.cms

Thanks for the link! I read the news too, it was in the papers last week when she was felicitated in a grand function. It is a beautiful painting and when S. L. Haldankar painted this, she was only 11, although she looks older. It is one of the masterpieces in the representational paintings that exists in India today. I wish to see the original one day which is placed in Mysore museum. Maybe you could go see it as you live in the state!

I would think it is in Jaganmohan Palace museum , and I will definitely look it up when I visit Mysore the next time ..

Raja Ravi Verma is the renowned artist of India. He made amazing Indian paintings. Visit https://www.indianartideas.in/ to explore amazing Indian artwork made by emerging Indian artists.