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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.
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.
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...
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...
Often referred to as India's Frida Kahlo for aesthetically blending traditional and Western art forms, Amrita Sher-Gil was one of the most famous painters of India. She is also considered as a revolutionary woman artist and the originator of modern art in India.
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...
Portrait of a Young Man (1930) by Amrita Sher-Gil National Gallery of Modern Art. 'This painting done by Amrita Sher-Gil in 1930 shows a beautiful likeness of friend and fellow-artist, Boris...
Amrita Sher-Gil was born in 1913 in Budapest to Umrao Singh Sher-Gil – a Sikh aristocrat, scholar, and self-taught photographer – and Marie Antoinette Gottesman, a Hungarian opera singer. The Head of a Girl (1937) follows the style of her later work, though the subject is not specifically Indian.
Apr 22, 2007 · Amrita Sher-Gil’s vibrant canvases and her short but dynamic life have established her as one of India’s most celebrated modern artists. Born in Budapest in 1913, to a Hungarian mother and Sikh father, she trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where she became influenced by Realism.
