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'''C. Raja Raja Varma''' was an Indian painter and the youngest brother of the painter [[Raja Ravi Varma]]. He was known as a [[En plein air|plein-air]] artist.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=R. Siva|title=Varma, Ravi|url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T087983|website=Oxford Art Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=25 November 2015|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He acted as assistant, secretary, and business manager to his brother.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Varma was also an [[English language]] scholar.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} His diary ''The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma'' was published by [[Oxford University Press]] (edited by Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger).<ref name=oup>{{cite book|author=C. Raja Raja Varma|editor1=Erwin Neumayer|editor2=Christine Schelberger|title=Raja Ravi Varma, portrait of an artist : the diary of C. Raja Raja Varma|date=2005|publisher=Oxford university press|location=New Delhi|isbn=9780195659719|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfbVAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> It is considered{{by whomst|date=November 2021}} as one of the most important and authentic source materials on the last ten years of the life of Raja Ravi Varma.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}<br />
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On 4 January 1905 after an operation for inflammation of the intestines, Raja Varma died childless at [[Bangalore]]. His nephew said that Varma regretted not having provided well for his wife, Janaki, who outlived him.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}<br />
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The British administrator [[Edgar Thurston]] was significant in promoting the careers of both Varma brothers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations |first=Partha |last=Mitter |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-52144-354-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA69 |pages=69, 193, 208}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* Kilimanur Chandran, ''Raja Ravi Varmayum Chithrakalyum'', Department of Cultural publications, Government of Kerala, 1999. (in Malayalam)<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014012759/http://www.hinduonnet.com/lr/2005/07/03/stories/2005070300300500.htm Portrait of an artist]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/614759/c-raja-raja-varma.html Some paintings of C. Raja Raja Varma]<br />
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