Who among the following was the most successful artist of the academic realism?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Raja Ravi Varma
Academic realism was the oil-painting style taught in the art schools set up by the British. Its most successful examples came from outside these schools, in the works of the self-taught artist Raja Ravi Varma of the Travancore court. He learnt the style by copying European paintings and used it for scenes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
NCERT (2026-27): “Raja Ravi Varma …What, However, flourished in the art schools set up by the British was the academic style of oil painting that used a European medium to depict Indian subject matter. The most successful examples of this type of painting were found away from these art schools. They are best seen in the works produced by self-taught artist, Raja Ravi Varma of the Travancore Court in Kerala.…” |