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Raja Ravi Varma

1848 - 1906

Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raja Ravi Varma has received more than 3,555,369 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Raja Ravi Varma is the 666th most popular painter (up from 798th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from India (up from 215th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Raja Ravi Varma ranks 666 out of 1,421. Before him are Andrea Sacchi, Louis-Michel van Loo, Toyen, Nikolai Ge, Peter Nicolai Arbo, and Andrew Wyeth. After him are Agatharchus, Cassandre, Donald Judd, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Nadežda Petrović.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Andrea Sacchi
1599 - 1661
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 660
Louis-Michel van Loo
1707 - 1771
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 661
Toyen
1902 - 1980
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 662
Nikolai Ge
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 663
Peter Nicolai Arbo
1831 - 1892
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 664
Andrew Wyeth
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 665
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 - 1906
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 666
Agatharchus
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 667
Cassandre
1901 - 1968
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 668
Donald Judd
1928 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 669
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
1751 - 1829
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 670
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz
1807 - 1876
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 671
Nadežda Petrović
1873 - 1915
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 672

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Raja Ravi Varma ranks 45. Before him are Anna Boch, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Lothar von Trotha, Hermann von Eichhorn, and Henri Duparc. After him are Viktor Meyer, Auguste Forel, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Georges Ohnet, and Boris Stürmer. Among people deceased in 1906, Raja Ravi Varma ranks 18. Before him are Anton Arensky, Alexander Kielland, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Mihály Zichy, Bartolomé Mitre, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Joseph Monier, Eugène Carrière, Paul Drude, Prince Albert of Prussia, Jules Breton, and Ernesto Cesàro.

Others Born in 1848

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Anna Boch
1848 - 1936
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 39
Maximilian von Prittwitz
1848 - 1917
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 40
Jules Bastien-Lepage
1848 - 1884
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 41
Lothar von Trotha
1848 - 1920
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 42
Hermann von Eichhorn
1848 - 1918
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 43
Henri Duparc
1848 - 1933
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 44
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 - 1906
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 45
Viktor Meyer
1848 - 1897
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 46
Auguste Forel
1848 - 1931
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 47
Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1848 - 1894
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 48
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
1848 - 1919
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 49
Georges Ohnet
1848 - 1918
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 50
Boris Stürmer
1848 - 1917
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 51