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Tiger Puppet
Karnataka (South India)

Framed Leather Shadow Puppet

The art of puppetry, called Togalugombayeta in Karnataka, involves acting out well known epic episodes using puppets made of flat leather pieces operated by a stick. The perforated leather is illuminated from behind, making this a form of shadow theatre. It is thought that the puppets were invented to avoid having gods and goddesses – who feature prominently in Indian epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata – depicted by humans.

Size(cms): 57 (H) x 57 (L)
Size(inches): 24.5 (H) x 24.5 (L)

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Yudhishthira Puppet
Andhra Pradesh (South India)

Framed Leather Shadow Puppet

In Andhra Pradesh the Tholu Bomalatta tradition of travelling shadow puppet theatre typically enacts the voluminous epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Made from goat, cow or buffalo skin, the Andhra Pradesh puppets are sometimes more than five feet high. They are translucent, stained in vegetable dyes and are extremely stylised in facial garment rendering. Viewed as shadows from behind a lamp-lit cloth screen, the puppets are manipulated with the help of bamboo sticks at certain points, usually at the joints on the shoulders, knees, elbows and head. The highly animated performance, along with the drum beat and loud narration of stories is highly effective in mesmerising the spectators transporting them into another world.

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Lakshmi
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Karla, Lonavla

by Raja Ravi Varma

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

Lakshmi, the goddess of beauty, prosperity, luck and wealth- is shown standing on a lotus emerging from a river, an elephant (gaja) half submerged, stands to her left holding a garland in his trunk. A cascading waterfall in the background. Lakshmi has four arms, the upper two holding lotuses and the lower two in Abhayamudra (a gesture of reassurance, safety) and Varadamudra (gesture of granting of wishes).

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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Large Lakshmi and Saraswati Pair
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

by Raja Ravi Varma

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

Lakshmi, the goddess of beauty, prosperity, luck and wealth- is shown standing on a lotus emerging from a river, an elephant (gaja) half submerged, stands to her left holding a garland in his trunk. A cascading waterfall in the background. Lakshmi has four arms, the upper two holding lotuses and the lower two in Abhayamudra (a gesture of reassurance, safety) and Varadamudra (gesture of granting of wishes).

Saraswati is the goddess of speech and learning, the inventor of Sanskrit, patroness of the arts and the wife of Brahma. Four armed, she is shown seated holding a rosary and a book and playing the veena. A peacock ( her vahana or vehicle) stands to her right.

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 69 (H) x 49 (W)
Image Size (inches): 27 (H) x 19.3 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 82.5 (H) x 62.3 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 32.5 (H) x 24.5 (W)

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Shantanu and Matsyagandha
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

by Raja Ravi Varma

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

King Shantanu’s encounter with Satyavati, also known as Matsyagandha, marks a pivotal episode in the Mahabharata, skilfully captured by Raja Ravi Varma on oil, later published as an oleograph. While hunting along the Ganga’s banks, Shantanu is drawn by the intoxicating scent of musk and discovers its source in Satyavati, a fisherwoman raised by a fisherman who found her as an infant inside a fish. Enchanted by her beauty, Shantanu desires to marry her, but Satyavati agrees only on the condition that her future children inherit the throne, denying Shantanu’s son Devavrata (later Bhishma) his rightful claim. Initially hesitant, Shantanu consents after Devavrata vows lifelong celibacy to uphold his father’s happiness. The union results in two sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya, setting the stage for the Mahabharata’s complex lineage and conflicts. Varma’s artwork portrays this moment of enchantment, with Shantanu in regal attire, captivated by Satyavati’s charm, as she stands poised with an oar, embodying her fisherwoman origins and fateful allure.

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha on Nandi
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

by Raja Ravi Varma

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

Shiva, Parvati & Ganesha are seated on a lion throne with Shiva’s caparisoned vahana Nandin seated under them. Shiva is known as the “destroyer and the transformer.” His wife Parvati, is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom.

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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Sri Bala Subrahmanya
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

Subrahmanyam (also known as Kartikeya, Murugan or Skanda) stands next to his conveyance, a majestic peacock with its spotted train of feathers on full display. Subrahmanyam, naked but for his sumptuous jewellery stands with one arm raised in Abaya mudra (fear not gesture) while the other is firmly planted on his hip. A golden cobra rests behind his feet. Subhramanyam is generally thought of as the son of Shiva and Parvati.

Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography. These immensely popular oleographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images. After Ravi Varma was forced to sell the press along with the reproduction rights in 1901, the press began producing work by other contemporaries of Ravi Varma including C.G. Ramanujam, producing equally vibrant work with new themes and subjects. The influence of the oleographs from this press is still felt strongly in modern Indian popular art forms such as calendar art.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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Subrahmanya on peacock
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

chromolithograph with fabric appliqué

Subrahmanyam (also known as Kartikeya, Murugan or Skanda) stands next to his conveyance, a majestic peacock with its spotted train of feathers on full display. Subrahmanyam, naked but for his sumptuous jewellery stands with one arm raised in Abaya mudra (fear not gesture) while the other is firmly planted on his hip. A golden cobra rests behind his feet. Subhramanyam is generally thought of as the son of Shiva and Parvati.

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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Vishnu on Garuda
Published at the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli, Lonavla

by Raja Ravi Varma

chromolithograph

Vishnu is is seen here riding on his vahana (vehicle), the mythical bird Garuda with his consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi on either side. The blue skinned Vishnu carries two of his usual attributes, the disc (cakra) and conch (sankha) in his hands. His consorts both bejewelled wear saris and hold chauris (fly whisks) in their outstretched arms. Garuda is depicted mid-flight carrying the trio and holding a golden cobra firmly within its talons.

Ravi Varma occupies an important place in Indian art history. He developed a painting style that appropriated the illusionary techniques of European oil painting with traditional Indian subject matter. The popularity of Ravi Varma’s paintings gave him the idea to make oleographs that would be available to the general public, instead of only elite patrons. Oleographs, also called chromolithographs, are multi-colour art prints, stemming from the process of lithography.

These immensely popular chromolithographs from the Ravi Varma press quickly set a new iconographical standard for the traditional Indian heroes and deities. Often the figures were embellished with embroidered sequins and other decorative material, creating vibrant pulsating images.

Image Size (cms): 49.5 (H) x 34.5 (W)
Image Size (inches): 19.5 (H) x 13.6 (W)

Framed Size (cms): 62 (H) x 48.5 (W)
Framed Size (inches): 24.5 (H) x 19 (W)

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