Shakuntala ( Raja Ravi Varma ) - Wikipedia Shakuntala ( Raja Ravi Varma ) Shakuntala Artist Raja Ravi Varma Year 1870 Medium Oil on canvas Location Kilimanoor Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an epic painting by celebrated Indian painter, Raja Ravi Varma. Ravi Varma, depicts Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabaratha, pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband / lover, Dushyantha, while her friends call her bluff. Tapati Guha Thakurta, an art historian, wrote ; `` ( T ) his very gesture -- the twist and turn of head and body -- draws the viewer into the narrative, inviting one to place this scene within an imagined sequence of images and events. On its own, the painting stands like a frozen tableau ( like a still from a moving film ), plucked out of an on - running spectacle of episodes. These paintings also reflect the centrality of the `` male gaze '' in defining the feminine image. Though absent from the pictorial frame, the male lover forms a pivotal point of reference, his gaze transfixes Shakuntala, as also Damayanti, into `` desired '' images, casting them as lyrical and sensual ideals. '' References Jump up ^ Karline McLain ( 2009 ). India 's Immortal Comic Books : Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes. Indiana University Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780253220523. ( Category : Indian paintings ) This article about a nineteenth - century painting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakuntala_(Raja_Ravi_Varma)&oldid=797231155 '' Categories : 1870 paintings Religious paintings 19th - century painting stubs Talk About Wikipedia ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 18 : 52 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the famous painter who painted shakunthala
Answer: Raja Ravi Varma.