A Prince Among Painters and A Painter Among Princes
Raja
Ravi Varma the prince among painters was born in the year
1848 at the royal palace in Kilimanoor, Trivandrum. Born to
Umamba Thampuratti and Neelkantan Bhattathiripad, prince Ravi
Varma exhibited a great inclination for painting even from
a very tender age. Palace records reveal that he started painting
the walls of the palace using charcoal. Awed by his immense
talents his uncle Raja Raja Varma taught him the basics of
painting. And at the age of 14 he was mastering the techniques
of painting under the noted palace painter Rama Swamy Naidu
at the Travancore palace. The child prodigy soon took to oil
painting under the tutelage of the renowned British Painter
Theodor Jenson. Most of his paintings reflect his close association
with the Hindu Mythological figures and epic stories. In the
year 1873 he was the recipient of the prestigious Madras painting
exhibition contest award. He also participated in the Vienna
painting exhibition in the year 1873 and won laurels that
recognised him as a accomplished international painter. He
breathed his last in the year 1906.
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