Embellished oleograph
Hamsa Damayanti
Damayanti and the swan, after Raja Ravi Varma, dressed by hand with fabric, sequins and flowers, in a gilt frame.
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Ravi Varma Gallery
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The Ravi Varma Gallery
Gods, goddesses and heroines — oleographs for India’s homes.
Oleographs from the age of Raja Ravi Varma’s press. Many are still in their first frames, and some were dressed by hand with cloth, zari and sequins by the families who owned them.
The painter who reached every home
From palace walls to puja rooms
Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) painted India’s epics in oils for its princely courts. In 1894 he opened a lithographic press in Bombay, so that the same images could hang in ordinary homes.
Its oleographs, finished to look like oil paintings, carried Lakshmi, Saraswati, Shakuntala and Damayanti into drawing rooms and puja rooms across the country. Families framed them, prayed before them and often decorated them by hand.
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In the gallery
Oleographs with a past
Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Ram, Lakshman and Sita in Dandakaranya
An oleograph of Ram, Lakshman and Sita at their forest hermitage in Dandakaranya, in a dark wooden frame.
₹20,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Dancing Hanuman
An oleograph of Hanuman dancing in devotion, in a carved gilt-edged frame.
₹8,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Ram Panchayatan
An oleograph of Ram enthroned with Sita, his brothers and Hanuman, in a gilt frame.
₹15,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Ahi-Mahi Vadh — Panchmukhi Hanuman
An oleograph of the five-faced Hanuman slaying the demons Ahiravan and Mahiravan, in a dark wooden frame.
₹10,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Hanuman with the Mountain and Mace
An oleograph of a mighty Hanuman carrying the mountain in one hand and his mace in the other, in a carved wooden frame.
₹8,500
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Ram, Sita and Lakshman Crossing the Ganga
An oleograph of Ram, Sita and Lakshman being ferried across the Ganga, in a maroon wooden frame.
₹15,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Dronagiri Maruti
An oleograph of Hanuman flying with the Dronagiri mountain, in a dark frame.
₹6,000
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Oleograph · 10 × 14 in
Lanka Dahan — Hanuman Sets Lanka Ablaze
An oleograph of Hanuman leaping over the burning city of Lanka, in a dark wooden frame.
₹5,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Ram, Lakshman and Sita in the Forest
A large oleograph of Ram, Lakshman and Sita seated in the forest with a kneeling devotee, signed Ravi Varma, in a gilt frame.
₹35,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Saraswati
A large oleograph of Saraswati playing the veena beside a waterfall, from the Ravi Varma Press, Malavli.
₹15,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Krishna with Two Gopis
A large oleograph of Krishna seated by a lake with two gopis, signed Ravi Varma.
₹40,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Krishna Shishtai
A large oleograph of Krishna as the peace envoy at the Kaurava court, from Ravi Varma’s last series.
₹50,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Dhruva Narayan
A large oleograph of Vishnu appearing to the child-sage Dhruva, in an ornate carved gilt frame.
₹35,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Ram Darbar
A large oleograph of Ram and Sita enthroned with Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna and Hanuman, in a wooden frame.
₹35,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Ram Sagar Darpa Haran
A large oleograph of Ram humbling the pride of the Ocean, published by Anant Shivaji Desai in 1907.
₹45,000
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Oleograph · 14 × 20 in
Sita Swayamvar
A large oleograph of the Sita Swayamvar — Ram breaking Shiva’s bow — signed Ravi Varma, in a wooden frame.
₹45,000
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New oleographs are being framed and photographed for the gallery.
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