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Bombay Singer (Bombay Songstress)
Raja Ravi Varma1893
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
Bombay Singer (Bombay Songstress), supposedly one of the many works that Raja Ravi Varma painted of his muse Anjanibai Malpekar, a famous exponent of the Bhendibazaar gharana of music.
This painting was sent along with 10 of Varma's works to the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the same year this work was created.
It is part of an important private collection today.
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- Title: Bombay Singer (Bombay Songstress)
- Creator: Raja Ravi Varma
- Creator Lifespan: 1848-04-29/1906-10-02
- Creator Nationality: Indian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Creator Birth Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Date Created: 1893
- Location Created: Bombay, India
- Original Source: Private Collection
- External Link: Private Collection
- Medium: Oil Paint
- Art Form: Painting
- Collection: Private Collection
- About the Artist: Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), India’s foremost artist, who took art to the masses, hailed from Kilimanoor, in the erstwhile state of Travancore. From a very young age, Ravi Varma, was drawn towards art, imbibing techniques from his uncle and mentor Raja Raja Varma and his mother, Umayamba Bayi, a poet in her own right. Varma was much sought after by the Royals and owing to his popularity and reputation, his spectacular and richly-textured works were prolific. His realistic portrayals of contemporary figures and interpretations of religious and mythological figures fetched him instant and enduring success, lifting his standing in the art world. If the Royals and his countrymen were in awe of this great talent, the international world was spellbound by his imagination and creativity. He ensured that art would be accessible to all, through reproductions of his paintings which were made available, and affordable to everyone.
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