Raja Ravi Varma’s 130 year old painting made world record, Yashoda-Krishna sold for Rs 167 crores – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: A new chapter has been added in the history of Indian painting. Nearly 130 years old rare painting of famous painter Raja Ravi Varma ‘Yashoda and Krishna’ in the auction Rs 167.20 crore Sold in. With this it has become the most expensive selling painting of India. Created in the 1890s, this masterpiece looks as vibrant today as it did a century ago. Let us know about the artist who gave ‘face’ to the gods and goddesses and gave recognition to Indian art on the global stage.

Who was Raja Ravi Varma? (Who was Raja Ravi Varma)

Birth of Raja Ravi Varma 29 April 1848 Was born in Kilimannur village of Travancore, Kerala. He is called the father of Indian art because it was he who took Indian paintings to foreign countries. Ravi Varma’s vision is behind the pictures of Gods that we see in our homes and shops today. He brought the characters of the epics and Puranas to life through colours. He died on 2 October 1906 at the age of 58, but his art is still worth billions.

Started painting art on walls at the age of 5

Ravi Verma’s talent was visible since childhood. At the age of just 5, he used to draw with chalk on the walls of his house. His uncle recognized his talent and taught him basic painting techniques. Later he visited the palace in Thiruvananthapuram, where he got a chance to understand the different colors and nuances of art. His dedication made him the greatest painter of that era.

Unique confluence of Indian character and European technology

Raja Ravi Varma took lessons in water color painting from Rama Swami Naidu and oil painting from Dutch artist Theodore Jansen. In his paintings he European Technique And used oil colors, due to which the mythological characters created by him (like the characters of Ramayana and Mahabharata) looked very real and ‘real’. His style gave a new identity to Indian art.

When the press was surrounded by controversies and burnt

In 1894, Raja Ravi Varma opened a lithographic press so that copies of Bhagwan’s paintings could reach the common people at low cost. However, his journey was also full of controversies. He had made nude paintings of Apsaras like Urvashi and Rambha, which were strongly opposed at that time. The protest grew so much that even his press was burnt. But despite all the controversies, the way he established the image of God in the minds of the common man is incomparable.