Prince with paintbrush

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Book Title – Prince With a Paintbrush – The Story of Raja Ravi Varma Author – Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan Illustrator– Rayika Sen Genre – Biography Publisher – Red Panda Recommended Age– 6+ years “The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.” – Judy Garland. Mona Lisa is a world–famous painting by Leonardo De Vinci. The specialty of the painting is that it looks towards us from all the sides. But, there are many other artists and painters around the world who have done wonders. However, we do not know of all of them and hence, it is so important that we tell stories of these extra-ordinary talents to pass on their legacy from generations to generations.“Prince With a Paintbrush – The story of Raja Ravi Varma” by Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan does exactly this. It is a fantastic illustrated biography of one of the greatest artists of India – Raja Ravi Varma. Through the book, we discover that a hidden gem named Raja Ravi Varma was born in a small village called Kilimanoor, Travancore. From childhood itself, he always liked to paint everything he saw – be it a woman or a giant piece of rock. He is known to be the ‘Father of Modern India’ . Another interesting fact I learnt is that Raja Ravi Varma was the first one to use oil paints on the canvas. He derived the look of people and painted them into gods which was the uniqueness of his paintings. Talking about the presentation of the book, I really enjoyed the format, especially the kids popping from...