Raja Ravi Varma Limited Edition Certified Prints
Raja Ravi Varma Limited Edition Certified Prints
Raja Ravi Varma 29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 was a celebrated Indian Malayali painter and artist.
He is considered among the grates painters in the history of Indian art for a number of aesthetic and broader social reasons.
Firstly, his works are held to be among the best examples of the fusion of European techniques with a purely Indians sensibility. While continuing the tradition and aesthetics of Indian art, his paintings employed the latest European academic art techniques of the day.
Secondly, he was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure.