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The Kizakke Palat Krishna Menon Family
Raja Ravi Varma1870
The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
Bengaluru, India
A Portrait of the Kizakke Palat Krishna Menon family which was painted by the artist in the year 1870. It is said Raja Ravi Varma had completed his pilgrimage to the temple of Mookambika and on his return journey was commissioned by Krishna Menon to paint a portrait of his family. Seated to the extreme left is Krishna Menon and at the center (with the blue upper cloth) is his son Balakrishna Menon. While several authors refer to paintings executed by Raja Ravi Varma earlier, most biographies agree that this was the first painting he was commissioned to paint.
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- Title: The Kizakke Palat Krishna Menon Family
- Creator: Raja Ravi Varma
- Date Created: 1870
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: 69 x 87 cms
- Type: Painting
- Original Source: Private Collection
- Rights: Curatorial rights: The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation, Bengaluru
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
- Creator's Lifetime: 1848-04-29/1906-10-02
- Creator's Biography: Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was a prolific Indian artist who is recognized for his resorting to the academic realistic style of painting. His portraits of English and Indian royalty and aristocracy were well received. His paintings on Hindu religious and mythological subjects and paintings from classical and literary sources were highly sought after even during his lifetime. He painted several copies of his works and this demand led to the suggestion to have his paintings printed in the form of oleographs. The Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic Press was established in Bombay (now Mumbai) and commenced operations in 1894. Many of Ravi Varma's paintings were printed as chromolithographs at this Press. These chromolithographs would have a tremendous impact on religion, society and aesthetics. They went on to democratize art leading to immortalize Ravi Varma in the minds of the people of the Indian subcontinent.
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