1893
I spent the entire morning looking at Ravi Varma's pictures. I must confess I find them really attractive. After all, these pictures prove to us how dear our own stories, our own images and expressions are to us. In some paintings, the figures are not quite in proportion. Never mind! The total effect is compelling.
Rabindrath Tagore, Chhinna Patrabali
Phalke paints backdrops for plays.
Motion picture machine.
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Patwardhan screens the very first show of "Shambharik Karolika" in the presence of Justice Telang and the elite of Bombay: " Life of Lord Krishna". Telang was being felicitated for being appointed vice-chancellor of Bombay University.
Number Plated.
The world's first number plates. ---
( in addition to the light coming in through the window, he was also getting quite intrigued by the thought of discovering what went on in that room".)
At an international exhibition of art in Chicago, Ravi Varma exhibited ten paintings depicting different beauties of different Indian regions. All ten paintings were selected for the exhibition, and he got a diploma that recognised him as an artist and two medals too. The diploma certificate generously praised both, the classical and the narrative/autobiographical tendencies in these paintings.
However the paintings were exhibited in a special category called "Institutions and Organisations for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge". The award was given in recognition of "the progress of instruction in Art."
Awards:
Citation one: This exhibit of ten paintings in oil colours, by Ravi Varma, court painter to several presidencies of India, is of much ethnological value, not only do the faces of the high-caste ladies which are portrayed give the various types of the localities, but the Artist's careful attention to the details of costume and articles used in the social and ceremonial life he has depicted, renders the paintings worthy of special commendation.
Citation two:
A series of well executed paintings give a good idea of the progress of instruction in Art. They are true to nature and in form and color and preserve the costumes, current fashion and social features.
Perhaps Vivekananda, attending the Congress of Religions, saw the paintings there. It is said that on his return to Bombay, Vivekananda was received by Ravi Varma.
Miss Tenant, an Anglicist, publishes a circular on behalf of the 'Panjabi Purity Association', soliciting opinions on whether the practice of nautch was (not) spreading immorality among young men.
Revivalist movements in Britain had led to the East India Compay having a missionary clause in their charter (1813). 'Social Purity movements in britain- 19th century. also the spread of venereal disease in both places. in India, Anglicists vs Orientalists
