Reena Ahluwalia’s Bejeweled Royal Mysore Paintings Acquired by C. Krishniah Chetty Crystal Museum
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], December 9: Artist Reena Ahluwalia has released intricate, bedazzling paintings of the Maharaja and Maharani of Mysore. Now, the Royal Mysore paintings have been acquired by C. Krishniah Chetty Crystal Museum – a private, by-appointment museum in Bengaluru, India. In Royal Mysore paintings, Ahluwalia captures the opulence of the past and etches the historic legacy of Indian gems and jewelry onto canvas. The paintings celebrate an unbroken jewelry heritage and the enduring significance these gems retain in the tapestry of Indian culture.
The paintings were years in the making, an outcome of Ahluwalia’s extensive research into jewelry history, coupled with a lifetime dedicated to crafting jewelry art. Ahluwalia said, “I have painted the bejewelled Mahar...