C Raja Raja Varma was an Indian painter whose “name and art are only known within the narrow confines of art historians dealing with modern Indian ...Neumayer and Christine Schelberger eds. Raja Ravi Varma – Portrait of an Artist The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma New Delhi Oxford University Press 2005 p. 1)

of Asvathi Tirunal again in European clothes. In the diary of Ravi Varma’s brother C Raja Raja Varma we find a February 1901 entry recording that they had ...twenties deprived the state of a great future ruler. A close nephew of Raja Ravi Varma this is a posthumous portrait

and by extension his brother C Raja Raja Varma’s works is what made them stand out. “From the richness of brocade and satin to the glow of Basra pearls ...Widely regarded as one of the early pioneers of modern Indian art Raja Ravi Varma played a critical role in the development of the genre

during the lifetime of the king." (Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger eds. Raja Ravi Varma Portrait of an Artist The Diary of C Raja Raja Varma ... THE PRESENT LOT is a rare oil painting by Raja Ravi Varma illustrating the welcoming party for the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Richard

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