Beautiful Indian Actress Art Paintings

Beautiful Indian Actress Art Paintings

Art By Greg Fernandes

Original paintings, oil on canvas by Greg Fernandes, are a perfect blend of beauty and art combined in a single masterpiece. The Artist inspired by the Great Indian Oil Painting Artist Raja Ravi Varma. As per the artist, the paintings contains different style of Pop Culture Art, a tribute to the Indian painter Raja Ravi Verma and Indian Cinema, Hollywood and others. Do checkout the artists website & facebook page for more details.

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 Legends of Indian Cinema painted by me after Raja Ravi Verma's "A galaxy of Musicians". Verma's original painting is on display in a Mysore museum. My painting (oil on canvas, 6 feet by 4 feet) features Indian Cinema's top 15 classic actresses as per me, I personally wish I could have added a 16th actress to this painting. Who would that be and why?
Seated: 1) Sridevi (movie Sadma, song Surmayee Akhiyon Mein)
2) Madhu Bala (Mufhal-e-azam, Pyar Kiya to darna kya)
3) Nargis (Mother India)
4) Hema Malini (Sholay, Jab tak hain jaan)
5) Madhuri Dixit (Hum aapke hain kaun, Didi tera dewar diwana)
6) Waheeda Rehman (Choudhavin ka chaand, choudhavin ka chand)
7) Kajol (DDLJ, Mehandi lagaa ke rakhna)
8) Nutan (Bandini, Mora gora rang laile)
Standing (L to R):
9) Vyjanthimala (Sangam, Yeh mera prem patra)
10) Meena Kumari (Pakeezah, Thade rahiyo)
11) Fearless Nadia aka Mary Evans (Hunterwali)
12) Rekha (Umrao jaan, In aakhon ki masti)
13) Suraiya (Mirza Ghalib, Dil e nadaan tujhe kya hua hai)
14) Devika Rani (Achyut Kanya)15) Jaya Bhaduri (Abhimaan, Piya Bina)
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 Pop Culture Art: And the 60s - technicolor. "A Galaxy of Musicians - 60s. Oil on Canvas, 48X60 inches, 2014.
Standing LtoR 
1) (Leena Chandavarkar, Mehboob ki Mehndi, Yeh jo chilman hai)
2) Babita (Kismat, Kajra Mohabatwala)
3) Bina Rai (Taj Mahal, Paoon chhoolene do phoolon ko inayat hogi)
4) Rajshree (Brahmachari, Dil ke jharoke mein)
5) Saira Bano (Padosan, Ek Chatir Nar)
Seated LtoR
6) Sadhana (Mera Saaya, Jhumka gira re)
7) Mumtaz (Do raaste, Bindiya chamkegi)
8) Nanda (Jab jab phool Khil, yeh sama, sama hai ye pyar ka)
9) Asha Parekh (Teesri Manzil, Aaja aaja)
10) Tanuja (Haathi mere sathi, Chal chal chal mere saathi)
11) Sharmila Tagore (Kashmir ki kali, Yeh chand sa roshan)

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 And Indian Cinema in the 90s... ~~'A Galaxy of Musicians - Indian Cinema 90s, Oil on Canvas, 48X60", 2014.
Well it so happened that while Kajol was shooting for DDLJ in Fields of Gold (or that famous mustard field), the other stars from that era decided to drop by and join her for this painting. Recognize the movies and the songs?
1) Juhi - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak - Gazab Ka Hai Din
2) Sonali Bendre - Sarfarosh - Jo Haal Dil Ka
3) Divya Bharati - Deewana - Aisi Deewangi
4) Madhuri Dixit - Hum Aapke Hain Kaun - Didi Tera Dewar Deewana
5) Pooja Bhatt - Didl Hain Ke Manta Nahin - Dil hain ke Manta Nahin
6) Kajol- DDLJ - Mehandi Laga Ke Rakhna
7) Twinkle Khanna - Mela - Kamariya Lachhke Re
8) Raveen Tandon - Mohra - Tu Cheez Badi Hai
9) Ayesha Jhulka - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar - Pehla Nasha (that evergreen song)
10) Urmila Matondkar - Rangeela - Tanha tanha
11) Manisha Koirala - 1942, A Love Story - Rooth Na Jaana

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 Pop Culture At: And here's an interpretation of Classic Indian Cinema - the 50s, the Golden Era, Oil on Canvas, 48X60", copyright 2014. Recognize the movie and the song?
Standing LtroR: 
1) Nargis (Shree 420, Pyar hua ikrar hua)
2) Geeta Bali (Jaal, Pighla hai sona door gagan par)
3) Suchitra Sen (Devdas)
4) Nimmi (Barsaat, barsaat mein)
5) Meena Kumari (Sahib bibi aur ghulam, Pyar aiso jiya mein)
Seated LtoR
6) Vyjayanthimala (Madhumati, Dil tadap tadap ke)
7) Waheeda Rehman (Chaudhvin ka chand, choudhvin ka chand)
8) Mala Sinha (Dhool ka phool, Tere Pyaar Ka Aasra Chaahta Hoon)
9) Madhubala (Mughal-e-azam, Pyar kiya to darna kya)
10) Padmini (Jis desh mein ganga behti hai, O basanti pawan paagal)
11) Nutan (Bandini,Mora gora rang laile)

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 And here's the same painting with Hollywood Classic actresses, - 'A Galaxy of Musicians - Hollywood Classic, Oil on Canvas, 48X60", 2014. American classic actresses painted by me after Raja Ravi Verma's "A galaxy of Musicians". Verma's original painting is on display in a Mysore museum. This painting features Hollywood top 11 classic actresses as per the American Film Institute's ranking. Sitting, Left to Right: Bette Davis(movie Jezebel), Ingrid Bergman( the great movie Casablanca), Marilyn Monroe (Seven Year Itch, who can forget that dress?), Audrey Hepburn(Sabrina), Barbara Stanwyck(Double Indemnity), Katharine Hepburn (The Philadelphia Story, the Wizard of Oz dog Toto decided to sit with her). Standing Left to Right: Greta Garbo (Anna Karenina), Marlene Dietrich(Morocco), Judy Garland(The Wizard of Oz), Joan Crawford (Grand Hotel), Elizabeth Taylor (A Place in the Sun).
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A Galaxy of Musicians - Chinese International Actresses, Oil On Canvas, 48X60 inches, 2010
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And the Original Painting. 

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Galaxy of Musicians - Indian women dressed in regional attires playing on a variety of musical instruments popular in different parts of the country. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma - Sri Jayachama Rajendra Art Gallery, Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Karnataka.

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