At the latest AstaGuru auction held on June 22-23, Raja Ravi Varma’s artwork was the top lot sold at Rs 30.88 crore
Raja Ravi Varma's record-selling work brings Indian aesthetic to the top of the auction lists
Even after his passing as during his lifetime, M. F. Husain remains India’s most well-known artist. It was on June 9, 2011, that Husain passed away at the age of 97 in London, in exile, having been chastised out of India as a result of the controversy arising out of his contentious paintings of Hindu goddesses.