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Ravan and Sita
Ravi Varma Press1899
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
Ravan, in the guise of a hermit, attempts to prevail upon Sita in her forest exile abode. She’s alone as Lord Ram and Laskhman have been lured away in pursuit of Mareecha in the elusive form of a golden deer. Sita rebukes Ravan when he proposes that she be his queen and, spurned, he abducts her.
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Details
- Title: Ravan and Sita
- Creator: Ravi Varma Press
- Date Created: 1899
- Physical Dimensions: 25 x 35 cms
- Type: Lithograph
- Original Source: From the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation
- Rights: Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, Bengaluru
- Medium: Lithograph
- Art Genre: Print
- Creator's Lifetime: 1848-04-29/1906-10-02
- 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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