Ravi Varma had returned to his home and started working on his unfinished paintings after he wound up his press in Bombay upon hearing about the death of his brother, Raja Raja Varma.
RAJA RAVI VARMA BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: Raja Ravi Varma is the celebrated Indian painter widely known for the unison of the European realistic style of painting with Indian imagery. Known as ‘Father of Modern Indian Art’, he is the greatest painter in the history of India. He is renowned for painting both – portraits, such as "Ramanadha Rao and Son” and paintings of Indian mythology, such as "Riddhi Siddhi”.
Ravi Varma using self-taught European naturalism, visually reinterpreted the Indian mythological characters for his foremost patron, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.
Ravi Varma using self-taught European naturalism, visually reinterpreted the Indian mythological characters for his foremost patron, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.