Apparao Gallery presents "After Raja Ravi Verma" Original antique printed series of Raja Ravi Verma's Artwork at Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg > 1st-15th December 2010

Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Entry : Free

Place : Triveni Garden Theatre, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi

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Area : Mandi House Area
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Event Details : Apparao Gallery presents 'After Raja Ravi Verma' Original antique printed series of Raja Ravi Verma's Artwork, put together by Charu Ram.

AFTER RAVI VARMA there are more than 260 original prints in this collection the prints are in mint condition; 136 have original frames and 132 are without frames in a catalogue form, many rare subjects are one-of a kind a collector's dream. There are 19 antique-style tanjore paintings with the typical charm and grandeur of the tanjore style with gold- leaf and  gem-stone  relief work. Altogether the exhibition is going to be a connoiiseur's delight and will bring back fond memories of another the era of Raja ravi varma, his paintings and his printing press
Ravi Verma is one of the first modernist painters in India. In an age when painting was a craft known more or less to folk artists, and oil painting was unknown to native Indians in the subcontinent, This young man watched the Bristish portrait painters and persued his passion for paintings. He became the favoured painter of the royal courts in India and produced work that is revered by many today. He was a very progressive thinker, and is credited with visualizing the anthropomorphic forms of the plethora of Indian gods and goddesses . He took on the challenge to popularize his ideas by producing prints of his paintings, first, in Germany and then later in Lonavla near Pune with a German press  he imported specifically to make his olio graphs. He was the father of what eventually became the “calendar art industry of India”. Today, while his paintings are national treasures,  one is able to view his repertoire and mind in his prints that have become very collectible. In keeping with the south Indian accent a small but exquisite collection of vintage Tanjore paintings will also be included in this exhibition.

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