Raja Ravi Varma's beauties.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd7dXmSvMBmzyEVwl1lJzWw7ZgOSt6WxMoSM5wzsm12V_D5hyphenhyphenNr3lqZHfwhqADZYhY_VxbCOA51qVN2kcGRYOskj3xzFr1ACO2GVwHZ7QXFTcLUo7Rmh7O8IX6siRLD_0wmeunLKXxus4/s1600-h/ravi6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081267318552450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd7dXmSvMBmzyEVwl1lJzWw7ZgOSt6WxMoSM5wzsm12V_D5hyphenhyphenNr3lqZHfwhqADZYhY_VxbCOA51qVN2kcGRYOskj3xzFr1ACO2GVwHZ7QXFTcLUo7Rmh7O8IX6siRLD_0wmeunLKXxus4/s400/ravi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Lady with Veena</em><br />Everytime I look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma">Raja Ravi Varma's </a>depiction of sari clad, graceful & beautiful Indian women, I gasp!<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081271613519762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjng6eMFbFF7pPBDADVSkkCvWneZLwIEwptnjjPWZwsDmN2_1SDRvkWns_2HBW3vhZoa_N4J-WK6wzIuHh2upACCUYKkZsj6q-G-dlPddKE1W32cpgmYJSoPl-Oyrepfzh8wuls8xPZeP/s400/ravi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>In Contemplation<br /></em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a> was an Indian king from Kerala who was also a great painter, during the 19th century.<br />His paintings are considered to be a fusion of Indian traditions with European techniques. He is considered to be one of the finest painters in the history of Indian Art.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080373965354802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_Zhn8WNoD6KIU5Q0uz33YuZpRLmcN0cVISB3Uoyj36w_MtxUbvU46ao9ByCzxIvpkSzeq0zP-b1wO6xloCs_ij0Lrs7_BLwaWdAr5tJAo0kRagdGltcvGflMmIXwI99s-bM1c_cgCgHV/s400/ravi1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><em>The Milkmaid<br /></em>He learnt oil painting from a British painter, Theodor Jenson. Whose techniques he used in his paintings. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080378260322114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCBztXQooBwr-wIo-qMq8DpR9_NXOO7P3BeLLlQ8AdRePdI6eV5kYq84ama5Hn-U3Xrz0YbpJ_N-XDcNJhQs3ODrDcub5Wd1rJxg2PXKTVh9VZFQxd4Rds9MhDALC-4w091wUMwqk7RXH/s400/ravi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Expectation</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080382555289426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSCV5syxJkmXXtzUq7GqlcG-tKbtlzyh2KXh39CbdVZUucvk2FJbepkjpGQtw7gL1EWBW-qeFkxB9TQl5A5P5bIXAbmlpFfjTf0irWni3W_IUG7HfO1P4Xh8gmaSmJWWagfjE_eTdaaFV/s400/ravi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Yashoda with Krishna<br /></em>He is famous for his paintings depicting scenes from great epics like Mahabharata & Ramayana.<br /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081284498421682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT1ADx__bePU0pc9F4oQQT0Y-jcX8TAh1nt_cbOuxHjYinEzSlxDTzioY_tW-mzsaqsyBjYz5JMqpK4za0K0AcJ6LGu4ASCziGGgmpi8GWg_hfVJAWgSGy85ApxAo9XAe-fZz51E_g2sY/s400/ravi9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Jatayu Vadha</em><br /><div>Most of his paintings were reproduced as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleograph">Oleographs</a> and overshadowed the traditional Indian art form in the 19th century, for which he received criticism.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080382555289442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL3uyxykfeuAT-OeFnwWOjdvtsMX-I51gKXk4tVEyYxifaB_dT7vQ0NMc73OaISCgV8OqD-VmYEo4nKhxIoG83p6YDM50pUD0efHSF8W-RhzBThgt7ZgZMN-JSHNjm1FnYc9bnI1NK26r/s400/ravi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>There comes Papa</em><br />Raja Ravi Varma's paintings portrayed Indian myth with static realism.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080391145224050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-iF-5fRlLm45CXfcF6b9JnVBjWa7PMWTRpc4lthiph8BLLiSd_2u4xsFOiXblGgNoiCHUhKco37Rx82gRaKbyv3G5b3cQdfTKafPl6Y2oMSMvy5G_u6N4fRDp_0Rwx6LmSVFPqQtxg5P/s400/ravi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Lady in the moonlight<br /></em>I absolutely love his paintings of Indian women and had to share it with all of you:-) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081280203454370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-QcJVX6VFUoU7vdYsZDs__tTI70Oq4D1IWgCknciRmsKFiA5GrYK-s6DLyaNgROMHXOijqqttgcw3qHiGyO2SJ5FcKiDZsw96iwJpPyg_PGAMi4dKimyqEPhVw-eNvQkzZR3F2b8ouFj/s400/ravi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Hamsa Damayanthi<br /></em>You can see more of Ravi Varma's prints & oleographs <a href="http://ravi.varma.lithos.googlepages.com/home">here</a>.<br /><br /><em>( images from cyberkerala.com)</em></div>

Raja Ravi Varma's beauties.

Lady with Veena Everytime I look at Raja Ravi Varma's depiction of sari clad, graceful & beautiful Indian women, I gasp! In Contempl...

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