When I curated Bhakti: The Art of Krishna at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in 2024, one of the most quietly compelling works on view was Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna. For many in ...

Executed primarily through ink on paper, many works depict reclining female figures, their curves shaped by the late artist’s travels to Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, and Lepakshi. Art historian Ashvin E ...

Raja Ravi Varma's paintings are nothing short of iconic, but if you dig a little deeper, you'll find a treasure trove of hidden meanings, techniques, and influences that even the most passionate art ...

Whether Ram, Vishnu, or Lakshmi, the heroic warriors of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Shakuntala of Kalidasa, the King of Baroda, or Swami Vivekananda, there is one name that brings them all under the ...

The scene unfolds in a calm rural setting. A young and radiant Krishna stretches playfully across Yashoda’s shoulder, his frame relaxed against her as she bends forward to milk a cow. The life-like ...

A printing press established by the eminent artist Raja Ravi Varma and his brother C Raja Raja Varma, the Raja Ravi Varma Press, also known as the Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic Press and the FAL ...

Art has been part of human life for thousands of years. People use paintings to tell stories, show beauty, and share deep feelings. Around the world, art brings cultures together and helps us learn ...

In 1907, barely a year after the death of the celebrated Raja Ravi Varma, the press in Madras was all praise for another artist with the same last name. As much as “the people of this country” were in ...