SSC
INDIAN ART
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Question
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Parveen Sultana
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Prof. T.N. Krishna
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Ram kinkar
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Raja Ravi Verma
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Detailed explanation-1: -Raja Ravi Varma was a famous painter from the princely state of Travancore of present-day Kerala state in India. Viceroy Lord Curzon honored him with the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal for his service in the furtherance of public interest. Few prominent works of Ravi Varma are: Arjuna and Subhadra.
Detailed explanation-2: -He was one of the first Indian artists to use oil paints and to master the art of lithographic reproduction of his work. In addition to incidents in Hindu mythology, Varma painted many portraits of both Indians and British in India. Varma was born into an aristocratic family in Travancore state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Raja Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art.