PUNE: Vikram Marathe, an artist, has curated an exhibition on the life and work of Raja Ravi Varma at Balgandharva ... immensely popular — his printing press. “He built his printing press ...

Raja Ravi Varma’s art wasn’t just about mythologies ... Ravi Varma’s struggles, be it the criticism, the financial troubles ...

The press was later sold to Schleicher. “Lithographic printing was happening in India at that time, but Raja Ravi Varma prints changed the game. They were qualitatively high. Raja Ravi Varma ...

Raja Varma. By 1899, it was in debt and was sold in 1901 to Fritz Schleicher, a German technician. Schleicher kept printing Ravi Varma's works and later brought in new artists. The press ran for ...

they will be able to catch a glimpse of some of the rare oleographs printed in Raja Ravi Varma’s printing press. City-based art collector Sachin Kaluskar will exhibit the oleographs during the ...

But beyond that, the artist was applauded for being instrumental in introducing printing techniques ... by Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation ...

Raja Ravi Varma is known for being an extraordinary artist and painter. But, back in the 1800s, he was also known for starting a lithographic printing press, reportedly in Ghatkopar, Mumbai ...

authors of several books on Raja Ravi Varma. It tells the story of how trying to be a businessman and starting a printing press took a toll on Ravi Varma’s creativity. We commissioned the ...

Images from Raja Ravi Varma press and his followers were reproduced as calendars, on advertisements for hair oils, soaps and even matchbox covers. People bought these products not for quality but ...

He was also the first to want to reach out to the masses, which he did by setting up the Raja Ravi Varma Printing Press in 1899, where scenes from the epics were etched in stone and distributed ...

The artwork is loaned to the museum by Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation. The nine chromolithographs including Lakshmi, Saraswati, Shankar, Shesha Narayana, Vishnu Garuda Vahan ...