Shakuntala's Letter to Dushyant (1876), A Raja Ravi Varma Pa..More

Shakuntala Writing a Letter to Dushyant (1876) : Raja Ravi Varma was very much infuenced by his 'Uttam Nayikas' like Radha, Seeta, Ahilya, Shakuntala in a great way. The love story of Shakuntala-Dushyant was motive and he painted many art pieces based on the incidents and stories of the couple. The work depicts Shakuntala sitting in the 'Upwana' with her friends and writing a letter to her lover Dushyanta. The art piece flaunts the beauty of shakuntala, wearing flowers, and talking to 'Sakhis' about her love secrets.. *Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) is thought-about among the best painters within the history of Indian art for variety of aesthetic and broader social reasons.�His artworks are�said to be among the most effective samples of the fusion of European techniques with a strictly Indian sensibility.�His depictions of Hindu deities and episodes from the epics and Puranas have received profound acceptance from the general public and usually are used as objects of worship across India. Ravi Varma*s style of painting played a foundational role in defining Indian imagery and left behind a brilliant legacy of academic realism.