Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), India’s pioneering artist, blended Western realism with Indian themes. His iconic oil paintings brought mythology and history to life. A visionary, he made art accessible through prints, shaping Indian visual culture.
Raja Ravi Varma’s 1895 painting Yashoda Krishna depicts a tender divinity: Yashoda cradles the jewel‑adorned infant Krishna, who holds a butter ball, while Radha kneels at their feet in adoration. Set against a marble checkered floor, a marble bench and a heavily swagged curtain, the scene opens through cusped arched windows onto a verdant landscape. Varma renders silk saris, glittering jewellery and luminous skin with academic realism, balancing devotional iconography and Western pictorial influence; Krishna’s outward, meditative gaze invites the viewer into an intimate, shared act of darshan.
Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), India’s pioneering artist, blended Western realism with Indian themes. His iconic oil paintings brought mythology and history to life. A visionary, he made art accessible through prints, shaping Indian visual culture.
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Raja Ravi Varma’s 1895 painting Yashoda Krishna depicts a tender divinity: Yashoda cradles the jewel‑adorned infant Krishna, who holds a butter ball, while Radha kneels at their feet in adoration. Set against a marble checkered floor, a marble bench and a heavily swagged curtain, the scene opens through cusped arched windows onto a verdant landscape. Varma renders silk saris, glittering jewellery and luminous skin with academic realism, balancing devotional iconography and Western pictorial influence; Krishna’s outward, meditative gaze invites the viewer into an intimate, shared act of darshan.
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