Ravi Varma painted Puranic themes like Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean. Which of the following is NOT said about him and such paintings?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → He mastered the art of woodcut reproduction for his mythological subjects.
Option (1) He was one of the first Indian painters to use oil paint for mythological subjects. — Said about him and such paintings. He was among the first Indian painters to use oil paint for mythological subjects.
Option (2) The paintings are meant to be noble, momentous and emotional. — Said about him and such paintings. Such large paintings show a dramatic moment from an epic and are meant to be noble, momentous and emotional.
Option (3) The event depicted in each painting serves as a springboard for the next one. — Said about him and such paintings. The story unfolds as each painting leaps to the next one.
Option (4) He mastered the art of woodcut reproduction for his mythological subjects. — Not said about him and such paintings. He mastered lithographic reproduction, not woodcuts. Woodcuts belong to Nandalal Bose, who used them to illustrate Bengali primers.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean This is a Puranic (ancient mythological stories) theme painted by Raja Ravi Varma. He was one of the first Indian painters to use oil paint and master the art of lithographic reproduction for mythological subject. These paintings are, generally, large ones, depicting a historic moment or scene from an epic or a classical text, painted in the midst of a dramatic action. It is intended to be noble, momentous and emotional. …The event depicted in this painting sequentially serves as a springboard for the next one.”
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