Shakuntala And Her Companion (1880) by Raja Ravi VarmaOriginal Source: Collection of Travancore Royal Family, Kaudiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
Famed for the vibrancy of his mythological prints and the regal power of his austere portraits, Raja Ravi Varma was also no stranger to the earthly stuff of human feeling.
Here, for example, in this 1880 painting, Ravi Varma shows the purity, honest, and passion of Shakuntala, who was often lost in a reverie of love for her absent husband, Dushyanta. Scroll on for more examples of Ravi Varma's emotional spectrum...
Disappointed (1848/1906) by Raja Ravi VarmaSalar Jung Museum
Disappointed (1848)
Keechaka and Sairandhri (1891) by Raja Ravi VarmaOriginal Source: Maharaja Fatehsingh Museum, Vadodara
Keechaka and Sairandhri (1890)
Damayanti Vanvas (1890) by Ravi Varma PressOriginal Source: From the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation
Damyanti Vanvas (1890)
Madri (1910s) by Raja Ravi Varma and Ravi Varma Press, Karla LonavalaThe Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
Madri (19th Century)
Woman Holding a Fruit (Late 19th century) by Raja Ravi VarmaNational Gallery of Modern Art
Woman Holding a Fruit (19th Century)
Vishwamitra Tapobangh (Circa 1910) by Ravi Varma Press Karla Lonavala and Raja Ravi VarmaThe Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
Vishwamitra Tapobangh (c.1910)
Damayanti (1895) by Raja Ravi Varma and Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic Press, BombayThe Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
Damyanti (c.1895)
