Raja Ravi Varma: Painter of Colonial India (with two jackets, RE-PRINT, 2026)

Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was among the first Indian painters to successfully adapt academic realism to the visual interpretation of Indian mythology and adopt Western painting techniques of portraiture. His genre of paintings, which eventually led to chromolithographs (oleographs), has maintained a lasting effect on the Indian sensibility, making him the best-known classical painter of modern times.

Binding Hardbound, Pages 384, Number of illustration 462 , Published Date May 2026 Private Lives and the Turn of the Century • The Itinerant Varma Brothers • Cities and States • Exploring the Source • Themes and Preoccupations • The Image Moves On • A Century Looks Back • Painting the Canvas