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Mahananda
Ravi Varma Press1890
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
Ravi Varma had a penchant for depicting women from Kerala, in various moods and often seen with musical instruments. The artist himself had a great fondness for music and hence he translated his love for it by showing many of his female characters playing musical instruments. Here, Mahananda, a Malayalee lady wearing the traditional mundu, is seen in pensive mood, playing the veena. At her feet is a copper spittoon and a spouted brass water pot.
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Details
- Title: Mahananda
- Creator: Ravi Varma Press
- Creator Death Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Creator Birth Place: Kilimanoor, Kerala
- Date Created: 1890
- Physical Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm
- Type: Reproduction
- Original Source: From the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation
- Rights: Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, Bengaluru
- Medium: Print
- Art Form: Print
- Labels and Inscriptions: Ravi Varma Press, Karla, Lonavala
- Creator's Lifetime: 1848-04-29/1906-10-02
- Collection: Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, Bengaluru
- 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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