Raja ravi Verma

Rajasthani miniature paintings: Amalgamation of history, culture and beauty

Rajasthani miniature paintings: Amalgamation of history, culture and beauty

August 16, 2021

The king of kings riding along the dense jungle path, with his raised sword gleaming in the moonlight and bow and arrows hung from his sinewy shoulders as the horse on which his proud girth is positioned gallops towards the unknown. The dark sky glittered with stars as if alive, ...

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Recreating women empowerment

Recreating women empowerment

February 19, 2020

In a befitting tribute to one of India’s greatest painters, Raja Ravi Varma, a Chennai-based photographer G. Venket Ram has recreated 12 of Varma’s iconic paintings into photographs, in line with the theme of ‘celebrating the spirit of Indian Womanhood’. The project was t...

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Amrita Sher-Gil: All that influences

Amrita Sher-Gil: All that influences

November 8, 2017

The tantalizing nature of the French-influenced Indian depictions of the self on the canvas has made Amrita Sher-Gil, a pioneer in modern art; one unapologetic of painting her true self to the world.

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