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Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started formal lessons at the age of eight.
Amrita Sher-Gil (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿੱਲ; 30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was an eminent Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art.
May 6, 2024 · Amrita Sher-Gil (born January 30, 1913, Budapest, Hungary—died December 5, 1941, Lahore, India [now in Pakistan]) was a painter who was one of the pioneers of the modern movement in Indian art. Sher-Gil was born of an Indian father and a Hungarian mother.
Jun 20, 2018 · Amrita Sher-Gil, a pioneer of modern Indian art, used her paintbrush to depict the daily lives of Indian women in the 1930s, often revealing a sense of their loneliness and even...
Amrita Sher-Gil was a prominent Indian painter, and one of the notable avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century. Let's take a look at her life history, paintings, artworks, achievements etc.
Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 - 1941) left behind a substantial body of works done during her short, but productive career as an artist. The museum has in its collection a significant part of her...
Amrita Sher-Gil was born to Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, a Sikh scholar, and Marie Antoinette Sher-Gil, an accomplished Hungarian musician, on January 30th, 1913. Her childhood was spent in Hungary, where she was exposed to the artistic and cultural hub of Budapest and her mother’s elite social circles.
The head and shoulders of a young girl with large almond-shaped eyes and an oval face framed by a heavy fringe bears an uncanny similarity to a black-and-white photograph of a young Sher-Gil taken between 1920 and 1924, possibly by her father.
'Amrita Sher-Gil painted Denise Proutaux more than once. She was a friend of the artist and has been described as a Parisian art critic by art historian Partha Mitter in his book Triumph of...
Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art. Drawn to...
