Raja Ravi Varma painting sets new auction record for Indian art
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“A 19th century painting by Indian maestro Raja Ravi Varma sold for a record breaking €15 milllion has set a new benchmark for Indian modern art.”
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— Nair lady Adorning Her Hair is an 1873 painting by Raja Ravi Varma. The painting depicts a domestic scene in which a Nair woman adorning her hair with a garland of flowers in front of a mirror. The p…
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— Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [rajaː ravi varma(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely …
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— Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Ravi Varma depicts Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabharata, pretending to remove a …
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“Raja Ravi Varma’s 19th century painting Yashoda and Krishna has been bought for €15.3 million (17.9 million dollars) to become the most expensive piece of Indian art to be sold at auction.”
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— Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [rajaː ravi varma(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely …
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— Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known for his comic timing, he has r…
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— Ravi Varma (born 29 September 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Known for playing supporting roles, he debuted as an actor with Vennela (2005), directed by Deva Katta.
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“The luminous oil-on-canvas depiction of an infant Krishna and his foster mother Yashoda set a new record at a Delhi auction last week.”
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— Krishna (; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa Sanskrit: [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ] ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. He is the god…
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— Radha-Krishna (IAST rādhā-kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit: राधा कृष्ण) is the combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha. They are regarded as the feminine as well as the masculine…
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— Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [rajaː ravi varma(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely …
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“Its value far exceeded pre-auction estimates which topped around €11 million.”
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“The sale smashes the previous record set by Indian painter and director M.F. Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), which was bought for nearly €12 million ($13.8 million) last year at Christie’s New York.”
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“The painting was bought by Indian billionaire and businessman Cyrus S. Poonawalla at the auction organised by Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart.”
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“People who want to see the work for themselves however will have to visit India as Varma’s artworks are classified as 'non-exportable' and 'national art treasures' by the Indian government.”
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“Born in the south Indian coastal state of Kerala in 1848, Varma was one of the pioneers of Indian modern art and is often credited with popularising oil painting in India.”
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“Yashoda and Krishna was painted in the 1890s, at the height of his career.”
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“The painting captures a scene of Yashoda milking a cow while the infant Krishna approaches her, asking her for milk — a recurring image in Indian visual history.”
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