HEIRLOOM ART — Unveiling the Legacy of Raja Ravi Varma!

Art is a medium that transcends eras and continues to be relevant even after its maker’s time. Such is the nature of artistic imanation — it is immortal and continues to ve, evolve and inspire generations to come. Raja Ravi Varma is a name that is revered in the Indian art industry for several reasons: Modernizing Indian iconography with the use of European techniques & aesthetics and his extraordinary talent for realism. He gave deities and characters from the great Indian epics (The Ramayana & The Mahabharata) faces that were relatable to the common folk of the time. Democratizing God & art through the Ravi Varma Fine Arts Lithographic Press. This started a movement of coloured lithographs in the country, where people were able to own these reproductions and ne art became a part of everyone’s daily life! Giving Indian art International reach through collaborating with a German printer and several exhibitions overseas that catapulted his work throughout the world. Such was his fame, that a beautiful woman in the West would often be described as if she had stepped out of a Varma canvas!