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Raja Ravi Varma
Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. He greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure by making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public. His lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defin…
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culture · Indian painter (1848–1906) · painter · creator · also Raja Ravi Varma, Iravivarmā, Ravi Varma, Varma
Born 29 April 1848 · Died 2 October 1906 · Q333453
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2026· 8 entries
The Hindu: Raja Ravi Varma’s Little Prince of Courage among highlights of AstaGuru’s Collectors’ Choice auction
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Yahoo: Raja Ravi Varma painting sells for €15.4 million setting a new record for Indian art
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Indiatimes: Who is Cyrus S. Poonawalla? Padma Bhushan winner who splurged ₹167 crore on a Raja Ravi Varma masterpiece
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Hindustan Times: Rediscovering Raja Ravi Varma’s art
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Asian News International: Raja Ravi Varma's painting 'Yashoda and Krishna' sets Indian art record with Rs 167.2 crore sale in auction
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moneycontrol.com: Raja Ravi Varma's 'Yashoda and Krishna' sells at record-breaking Rs 167.20 crore
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Indiatimes: Sheena Chohan reimagines Raja Ravi Varma’s iconic women with modern flair, Blends tradition and emotion
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2024· 1 entry
News Mobile rated the claim “Real painting by Raja Ravi Varma” False.
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2023· 2 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows a comparison between similar-looking paintings Raja Ravi Varma's painting and Leonardo Da Vinci.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “The first image shows a real painting made by artist Raja Ravi Varma.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
FACTLY rated the claim “Photo of Raja Ravi Varma’s painting” FALSE.
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2013· 2 entries
He was followed by a brother (the future Maharaja Marthanda Varma III) and a sister Lakshmi Bayi, the mother of Maharaja Rama Varma VII who is presently on the throne (since 2013).
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The crater Varma on Mercury was named in his honor
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1912· 1 entry
Exactly a day after her sixteenth birthday
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1906· 2 entries
Died 1906-10-02.
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“Who knows if these very pictures, now painted for maharajas, will not find their way to the museums one day.”
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1904· 1 entry
Viceroy Lord Curzon, on behalf of the British King Emperor, bestowed upon Varma the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal
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1901· 1 entry
The press was sold to his printing technician from Germany, Fritz Schleicher
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1900· 1 entry
CE, the Royal House of Travancore once again faced a succession crisis
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1894· 1 entry
And later shifted it to Malavli near Lonavala, Maharashtra in 1899
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1876· 1 entry
Their elder son, Kerala Varma (b.1876) was of an excessively spiritual temperament.
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1866· 1 entry
At age 18, Varma was married to 12-year-old Bhageerthi Bayi (known formally as Pooruruttati Nal Bhageerathi Bayi Thampuratty) of the royal house of Mavelikkara, another major fief of Travancore kingdom
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1860· 1 entry
Ravi Varma had two siblings, a sister named Mangala Bayi and a brother named Raja Varma (born 1860).
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1848· 1 entry
Born 1848-04-29.
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