The nineteenth century witnessed a change in the style of art that was institutionalized by the newly set up art schools encouraging British system of art education in India. It was in this context that Raja Ravi Varma (1848 -1906) came to be recognized as the first important Indian artist. He struggled to introduce many new elements into Indian painting - perspective, European drawing, construction and composition and a new medium that is oil.
The nineteenth century witnessed a change in the style of art that was institutionalized by the newly set up art schools encouraging British system of art education in India. It was in this context that Raja Ravi Varma (1848 -1906) came to be recognized as the first important Indian artist. He struggled to introduce many new elements into Indian painting - perspective, European drawing, construction and composition and a new medium that is oil. 