Woman Holding a Fruit

Ravi Ravi Verma, a stalwart of Indian art created a pivotal point for the perception of design language in India that transcended generations. His iconic techniques of blending rigorous European academic painting with Indian mythology, created this unique blend rooted in traditions. Raja Ravi Varma was born into an aristocracy in Kerala and taught himself the nuances of oil painting and European art. This painting is another famous works of his done with oil on canvas, with a women delicately holding an apple with her hand .Adnored with a a pink garment that resonates a noble women, she holds her drape from falling off of her shoulder with the other hand with green bangles in either of her wrists. She also wears jewelleries that a lay person would not possess but the composition itself is serene. Her gaze, her body language captures this sensuousness without objectifying her, as the artist captures her grace and charms blending eroticism with innocence . Raja Ravi Varma captures this palpable presence of this woman that creates a sense of motion in still painting of a woman in caught in moment thus composing n iconic work of portraiture that blends European naturalism with tradition Indian themes.