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1.The artist continued the legacy of painting he received from his family.He is considered the Father of India's Mordern Art. ​

Answer 1

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I think Raja Ravi Varma...!!

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From the second half of the 19th century, Indian temples, streets, shops and homes were slowly inundated with colourful prints of deities and mythological figures — many of which could be traced back to the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma. Encouraged by the British to use western artistic techniques to reinterpret Indian mythology, Varma set in motion the creation of an Indian aesthetic that exists till date.

On his 113th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at his life, artistic practice and his unending legacy.

Traditionalist and modernist

Varma was born on 29 April 1848, in the village of Kilimanoor in Kerala to a family of chieftains known as the Koil Thampurans. His community was close to the royals of Travancore as bridegrooms for the princesses were always taken from the Thampuran family.

Varma was eager to paint from a young age, and his uncle encouraged this artistic inclination, persuading the Maharaja of Travancore to let him stay in the palace and learn from famous artists who visited the court. One Englishman, Theodore Jensen, was commissioned by the Maharaja to paint a series of royal portraits in 1863. Varma took this opportunity to observe and absorb all that he could from Jensen and thus began his foray into oil painting and European realism.

Art historian Geeta Kapur describes Varma as both a traditionalist and modernist. He grew up studying Sanskrit and orthodox scriptures, but took pleasure in experimenting with European drawing styles, exploring realism and using his scientific knowledge of perspective in landscapes and portraits.

He adapted western styles to an Indian context and developed a potent Indian visual aesthetic. In her book of essays When Was Modernism (2000), Kapur writes that it would be incorrect to reduce Varma’s work as cheap imitation of European techniques since he was a self-taught “gentleman artist in the Victorian mould” who was also “a nationalist charged with the ambition to devise a pan-Indian vision for his people”.

His work in realism began as a portrait artist of mostly aristocratic women. He then delved into mythological paintings inspired by Puranic texts, and later narrative paintings after being influenced by Parsi and Marathi theatre in Bombay.

Regarded as a part of India’s nation-building project, Kapur recalls how Indian economist Asok Mitra had once said that Varma’s work helped in “recounting the ancient Indian ideal of healthy beauty and enjoyment of life”.

Thus, Varma came to be known as the “father of modern Indian art”.