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	Varma, Raja Ravi
		Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
		Ravi Varma was born in the royal palace of Kilimanoor, which is situated 25 miles from Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala, India.
		Varma is criticised for the fact that his paintings overshadowed the traditional art forms because of their widespread reproduction as oleographs, flooding the society with his form of myth, portrayed with static realism.
	ca.geocities.com /tony.vella@rogers.com/india/varma/varma.html (563 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma,Great Artist of Kerala, India
		Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was born in Kilimanoor Palace as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad.
		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.
	www.cyberkerala.com /rajaravivarma (169 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma at AllExperts
		Ravi Varma was born to Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad in the royal palace of Kilimanoor, which is situated 25 miles from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), in Kerala, India.
		Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and Nala and Damayanti, from the Mahabharata.
		Raja Ravi Varma is often criticised for the fact that his paintings overshadowed traditional Indian art forms because of their widespread reproduction as oleographs, flooding Indian culture with his version of Indian myths, portrayed with a rather static realism.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ra/raja_ravi_varma.htm (824 words)

	Ravi Varma
		Ravi Varma was not trained in any academic school with the result his understanding of European art was rather naive.
		Ravi Varma was a visionary and a modern man. He understood the need to adapt a new methodology of marketing technique for propagating his art.
		The style of Ravi Varma became so popular that in the early part of the century if a novelist wanted to describe the beauty of his heroine he had only to write one sentence, "She looked as if she had stepped out of a Ravi Varma canvas".
	www.india-today.com /itoday/millennium/100people/ravivarma.html (1053 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma, Vasudeo Pandya, Joshi and Sharma's World of Paintings
		Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was born in Kilimanoor Palace – Kerala as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad.
		The Maharaja of Baroda invited Ravi Varma in 1881 to paint the portrait of Sayaji Rao III.
		Ravi Varma could not manage his press financially as he was not a businessman and on the advise of his friends like, he sold off the press to his German technician Schleizer in 1901 for Rs.
	www.barodalinks.com /RajaRaviVarma.htm (986 words)

	India Image : A Gateway for Government of India Info over the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ravi Varma was born in the royal palace of Kilimanoor, which is situated 25 miles away from Thiruvananthapuram, a small town in Kerala.
		Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta-Shakuntala and Nala-Damayanti, from the Mahabharata.
		Ravi Varma is considered a modern among traditionalists and a rationalist among moderns.
	www.indiaimage.nic.in /rajaravi.htm (370 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma - Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ravi Varma was born to Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad in the royal palace of Kilimanoor, which is situated 25 miles from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), in Kerala, India.
		Raja Ravi Varma came to widespread acclaim after he won an award for an exhibition of his paintings at Vienna in 1873 (Citation required).
		According to Dasgupta, by dispensing with stylisation in favour of stiff academicism, Ravi Varma can be considered as having in one stroke undermined traditional Indian art, which was both dynamic and rich in form and content.
	www.lumrix.com /help/index.php/Raja_Ravi_Varma (784 words)

	Profile of the Month - Ravi Varma
		Ravi Varma’s creativity was further tampered by listening to the music of veterans, watching Kathakali, going through the manuscripts preserved in ancient families and listening to the artistic interpretations of the epics.
		Ravi Varma’s fame as a portrait artist soared with several important portrait commissions from the Indian aristocracy and British officials between 1870 and 1878, and the sensitivity and immense competence this artist still remains unsurpassed.
		Ravi Varma was convinced that mass reproduction of his paintings would initiate millions of Indians to real Art, and in 1894 he set up an oleography press called the Ravi Varma Pictures Depot.
	www.indianartcircle.com /arteducation/ravi.shtml (1055 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma - EthnicPaintings,the free painting encyclopedia
		Raja Ravi Varma, the gifted artist from Kerala, (1848-1906) occupies an indomitable position on the canvas of Indian painting.
		Ravi Varma very well knew that though he had learnt a lot under the patronage of Thirunal he had a long way to go before he could achieve excellence in oil painting.
		Ravi Varma also won praises for painting the portrait of Duke of Buckingham and the sub judge of the Kozhikkode court.
	www.ethnicpaintings.com /contemporary_artists/raja_ravi_varma (475 words)

	Arts - Raja Ravi Varma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ravi Verma, too, must have believed that being a painter was below his dignity, considering the seriousness with which he applied himself to mastering the art from and the persistence with which he attempted to overcome the problem in his path.
		In 1870, Ravi Verma went on a pilgrimage to the temple of Goddess Mookambika in Southern Karnataka.
		Ravi Verma continued to work in Trivandrum, where, as a palace artist, he drew an honorarium of fifty rupees a month.
	www.allabouttheindia.com /reflection/rajaraviverma.html (1109 words)

	RAVI VARMA
		Ravi varma was not trained in any academic school with the result that his understanding of European art was rather native.
		Ravi Varma was a visionary and a modern man. He understood the need to adapt a new methodology of marketing techniques for propagating his art.
		The style of Ravi Varma become so popular that in the early part of the century if a novelist wanted to describe the beauty of his heroine he had only to write one sentence “She looked as if she had stepped out of a Ravi Varma canvas”.
	www.kalakeralam.com /finearts/ravivarma.htm (960 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raja Ravi Varma came to widespread acclaim after he won an award for an exhibition of his paintings at Vienna in 1873
		Raja Raja Varma, himself an accomplished painter, who in later years assisted him in his paintings and was his personal secretary.
		Raja Ravi Varma : Portrait of an Artist, The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma/edited by Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma (873 words)

	Raja Ravi Verma
		Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848 at Kilimanoor, a small town in Kerala.
		During these formative years the young Ravi Varma had many opportunities to discover and learn new techniques and media in the field of painting.
		Raja Ravi Varma owed his success to a systematic training, first in the traditional art of Thanjavoor, and then in European art.
	www.boloji.com /vithika/vithika05.htm (378 words)

	Ravi Varma paintings
		It is Ravi Varma who first started painting the Hindu deities with proportionate bodies, clearly drawn neat features, appropriate ornaments and with natural appealing colours.
		This painting is unique in itself because moon is used as a source of light helping the painter to highlight volume and mass of the form - Lady, in a resignation mood deeply involved in the thoughts of her beloved.
		To the same World Columbian Exhibition, Ravi Varma sent his series of painting of Indian women, and he was awarded two medals.
	www.astrojyoti.com /ravivarma.htm (656 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma Paintings in Oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Draupathi Humiliated by Kauravas by raja ravi varma
		Hamsam Swan as messenger by raja ravi varma
		Darling Child :- Yashoda with Unnikannan by raja ravi varma
	www.raja-ravi-varma.keralaz.info (188 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma
		KALA -> The PalmLeaf -> Raja ravi varma
		Ravi Varma was influenced by Tanjore style of painting but his main influence was most definitely European.
		Ravi Varma paintings are exhibited at Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Trivandrum, Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery, Mysore, Maharajah Fatehsingh Museum, Baroda and the National Art Gallery, Madras.
	website.lineone.net /~kala_uk/rajaravi.htm (677 words)

	Raja Raja Varma
		The portrait of Raja Raja Varma has an austere, mystical quality that is more typical of a great religious painting than portraiture.
		Raja Raja Varma was the uncle of Ravi Varma, considered the father figure of modern Indian art.
		Raja Raja himself was a painter of merit in water colours.
	www.exoticindia.com /product/OQ40 (226 words)

	RAJA RAVI VARMA: Portrait Of An Artist (The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma)
		The Diary of C.Raja Raja Varma, a journal kept by Raja Ravi Varma's brother, is one of the most important and authentic source materials on the last ten years of the life of Raja Ravi Varma, one of India's most famous artists.
		The diary gives an insight into the internal business of the Ravi Varma Press, particularly the separation of the partnership between the Varma brothers and their final transfer of ownership of the Press into the hands of the German master printer Fritz Schleicher.
		Accompanied by extensive notes and a chronology, The Diary of C.Raja Raja Varma will be an invaluable reference to scholars of Indian art, art lovers and critics, and will appeal to the general reader in India and abroad.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDE723 (453 words)

	Raja Ravi Verma
		Born in Kilimanoor, a small fiefdom in the princely state of Travancore (modern Kerala), Ravi Varma was educated at home, as was the tradition in aristocratic houses, and received his first lesson in picture-making from his uncle, the artist Raja Raja Varma.
		At the same time, Varma was also a prolific portraitist and received commissions from various princely families as well as Europeans resident in India.
		At the same time, Varma was also a prolific portraitist and recieved omissions from various princely families as well as Europeans resident in India.
	www.contemporaryindianart.com /raja_ravi_verma.htm (292 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma: a Tribute \| Kerala4u.in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Raja Ravi Varma was not a solitary figure in art in Travancore but was one of a family succession that takes us back a century to the passing of Rohini Amma Thampuran who is the first oil painter in Travancore.
		Now this is the death centenary year of Raja Ravi Varma, who had initiated a new era in the history on Indian painting.
		Ravi Varma’s inherent genius rich imagination to visualize a theme and tireless endeavor made him numero uno in the world of paintings.
	kerala4u.in /82/remembering_raja_ravi_varma (1241 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Raja Ravi Varma was born in Kilimanoor Palace as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad, in 1848.
		Raja Ravi Varma's paintings are mostly based on Hindu epics, myths and mythological characters.
		Raja Ravi Varma also spent considerable time at the court of Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda State (modern Vadodara) in Gujarat.
	www.india9.com /i9show/Raja-Ravi-Varma-25560.htm (171 words)

	Women in the Raja Ravi Varma Mold
		Clearly it is 'in' to possess a Ravi Varma.
		In fact, Varma is one artist who was the greatest victim of piracy in his lifetime.
		Ask Almona Bhatia, who thrives on selling prints and oleographs by Varma on the web, on what she thinks of the representation of women by the artist and she is quick to gush, "They are just wonderful: His Mohini, his Damyanti, his Shakuntala and so many others.
	www.boloji.com /women/07011.htm (279 words)

	Raja Ravi Varma, raja ravivarma, oil-painting in India, Orientalist paintings, colonial culture European influence on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Raja Ravi Varma, raja ravivarma, oil-painting in India, Orientalist paintings, colonial culture European influence on the art of India Chithram
		The famed Travancore artist, Prince Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) started painting at an early age, and with the guidance of the ruling King, Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja, he was formally trained in water colour by the court painter Rama Swamy Naidu.
		In 1873, Ravi Varma won the First Prize at the Madras Painting Exhibition and his work was also exhibited in Vienna.
	www.shelterbelt.com /KJ/ravivarmaintro.html (115 words)

	Shaji Karun's new film on Raja Ravi Varma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The film is to be made in Hindi and Malayalam, and a leading Bollywood producer has reportedly evinced interest in the project.
		Raja Ravi Varma, noted for his paintings inspired by the Hindu mythology, was born in the royal palace of Kilimanoor, situated in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram in 1848.
		Varma won international acclaim after he won an award at Vienna in 1873.
	nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=4040 (277 words)

	Raja Ravi varma's paintings, Rajput painting, paintings of ancient times, Cauvery Snanam
		Raja Ravi Varma is often criticised for the fact that his paintings overshadowed the traditional art forms because of their widespread reproduction as oleographs, flooding the society with his form of myth, portrayed with static realism (Dasgupta).
		By dispensing with abstraction in favour of stiff academicism, Ravi Varma can be considered as having in one stroke undermined the traditional art, which was both dynamic and rich in form and content.
		By rejecting the traditional models of representation (for example, Chitrasutra is the treatise on art outlined in Vishnudharmottara Purana), he has reduced myth to the level of ordinary humans, a form that has been copied in all depictions of myth on other mediums such as cinema and television (Dasgupta).
	www.nriol.com /ravi-verma-paintings.asp (415 words)

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