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Mahaprabha
Mukundan Tampi1870
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
This painting is of Mahabrapha, Raja Ravi Varma's daughter. She was strikingly beautiful in her young days and the artist often asked her to pose for him. Ravi Varma's painting titled "There Comes Papa" is of her holding her young son in her arms. When she grew older, Mahaprabha, who was quite domineering, acquired a more harsh, heavy frame but Mukundan Tampi still manages to portray her in a beautiful manner.
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- Title: Mahaprabha
- Creator: Mukundan Tampi
- Creator Nationality: Indian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala, India
- Date Created: 1870
- Subject Keywords: Mahaprabha, Ravi Varma
- Original Source: 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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