Prasanth at the renovated Sree Chitra Art Gallerry in the city on Wednesday. Photo: S. MahinshaKadannappally Ramachandran opens children’s parkThe renovated Sree Chitra art gallery on the Museum and Zoo premises was formally opened to the public here on Wednesday. The first phase included the renovation of the Ravi Varma gallery, which has on display 43 of his original works. Next, work was taken up on the wing that houses paintings by C. Raja Raja Varma, Rama Varma Raja, Mangala Bai Thampuratti, Lesley Kohinse, and Horace Van Ruth, and has on display Bagh and murals too. The gallery was set up in 1935 by Sree Chitra Tirunal Balarama Varma to realise the dream of Raja Ravi Varma to set up an art school and gallery in the erstwhile Travancore.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 23:03 UTC