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Raja Ravi Varma Art gallery is set up by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi [1] at Kilimanoor, the birthplace of the renowned painter Raja Ravi Varma.It displays nearly 50 paintings of Raja Ravi Varma.It is now permanently closed.
The gallery has 15 original works by the Roerichs [7] and 43 original works by Raja Ravi Varma. [8] Ravi Varma's rare pencil sketches are also displayed at the gallery. [8] The paintings of Ravi Varma which were earlier kept at Chithralaya in Kilimanoor were given to the art gallery by the Kilimanoor Palace as a permanent loan in 1941. [9]
The collection includes portraits of the royal family in addition to the paintings based on Hindu mythology for which Raja Ravi Varma was famous. There is a collection of sculptures in marble and bronze. These include copies of great masters in bronze commissioned by the Maharaja and also originals by renowned artists.
Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [ɾaːdʒaː ɾɐʋi ʋɐrm(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 [3] [4]) was an Indian painter and artist.His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography.
The nephew [3] of Raghava Varma, Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran, married the sister of Marthanda Varma. Their son became known as Dharma Raja Kartika Thirunnal Rama Varma. In 1740 when an allied force, [ 4 ] led by Dutchman Captain Hockert supporting the Deshinganadu King, attacked Venad, an army from Kilimanoor resisted and then defeated them.
Good Mother Gallery recently opened its Los Angeles arm near the 6th Street Bridge after starting in Oakland in 2014 with a community-centric ethos.
Mangala Bayi demonstrated a particular talent for portraiture, and a painting of her brother, Raja Ravi Varma, is still on display in the Sree Chitra Art Gallery in Thiruvananthapuram. [1] Unlike her brother, Mangala Bayi's ability to work professionally in the field of art was constrained by social customs governing the conduct of women. [1]
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