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Junior Rani Parvathi Bayi
Raja Ravi Varma1894
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
The Junior Rani Parvathi Bayi, legend goes, rejected Ravi Varma to be her consort, owing to his 'dark skin". Ravi Varma, however, counted this as a blessing for otherwise he would have been compelled to spend his life in a 'royal gilded cage' devoid of freedom to leave Travancore and build a career. Parvathi Bayi and her sister Lakshmi Bayi were adopted into the royal family and later Ravi Varma married her youngest sister Kochupanki of Mavelikkara.
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- Title: Junior Rani Parvathi Bayi
- Creator: Raja Ravi Varma
- Creator Nationality: Indian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Creator Birth Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Date Created: 1894
- Location Created: Travancore, India
- Physical Dimensions: 29 x 40 inches
- Original Source: Travancore Royal Family, Kaudiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Form: Painting
- Creator's Lifetime: 1848-04-29, 1906-10-02
- Collection: Travancore Royal Family, Kaudiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
- 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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