They have also lived in atlanta, ga and smyrna, ga. Amrita sher gil is indias most distinguished and admired artist. Amrita shergil 191941, colourful and innovative painter of modern india, was born on 30 january 19 in budapest, hungary. Shergils sikh father, umrao singh shergil was an aristocratic estate owner with a passion for photography and her mother marie antoinette was a hungarian. In amrita sher gil s paintings, a cultural variation may be seen betw een the two periods of her life, rst one during her residence in europe and the next one after her arrival in the subcontinent. Artistic influences when amrita shergil vowed to seduce khushwant singh to take revenge on his wife on the artists 104th birth anniversary, a look at some of the stories from her life. Amrita shergil biography childhood, life achievements. Amrita shergil january 30, 19 december 5, 1941, an eminent indian painter, was the daughter of sardar umrao singh shergil and antoinette, a hungarian lady. Shergils art was a seen as a breath of fresh air and the show received endless. Art historian deepak ananth describes him also as a onetime lover of shergil. Amrita shergil, an indohungarian artist, combined european technique of oil painting with indian miniature style and cave painting tradition of ajanta. When amrita shergil vowed to seduce khushwant singh to. Media in category paintings by amrita shergil the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total.
This site is an online resource for amrita sher gil s biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The artistic youth of amrita shergil writers block tgh. This vividly written biography traces her childhood years in hungary and then in india. A landmark exhibition of shergils highly avantgarde body of work, it fundamentally changed the manner in which the populace at the time viewed contemporary art. How amrita shergil brought a modernist aesthetic to the. The third result is namrita o sharma age 50s in alpharetta, ga. Village scene was created in 1938 by amrita shergil in postimpressionism style. Her mother madame shergil was very anxious that her two daughters amrita and indira should achieve a high degree of proficiency in music but amrita gave up learning of music to devote to her interest in painting. Amritsar sisters posed for painter amritas three girls. Drawn towards painting since a young age, shergil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight.
Shergil shifted from paris to india when she was 21. Because she is probably the most significant artist of the early twentieth century in prepartition south asia. South asian art history really has very few figures like. She was born on 30 january 19 in budapest, hungary. See more ideas about amrita sher gil, indian art, female artists. Amrita shergil artist biography, paintings, artworks. Here, an d here in pdf format disclaimer no one must misconstrue the information presented here about amrita shergil and other persons mentioned as disinformation or insults. Her father was a sikh aristocrat and a scholar in sanskrit and persian, her mother was. Unfortunately shergils time in india, along with her career as an artist, was cut short prematurely by her abrupt death in 1941 at the age of 28. National gallery of modern art, new delhi, ministry of culture, government of india is pleased to showcase this extensive exhibition remembering amrita shergil. This painting was awarded a gold medal at the grand salon in 1933. Like her mexican peer frida kahlo, with whom she shares hungarian heritage, shergil was a rebellious and adventurous spirit who broke barriers in art and life. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at best visual art database. Namrita is related to ravinder r sharma and ravi n sharma as well as 1 additional person.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Drawn to painting from an early age, sher gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. Sher gil was born of an indian father and a hungarian mother. The short life and extraordinary talent of amrita shergil, one of the greatest avantgarde women artists of the early 20th century. Amrita shergil was an eminent hungarianindian painter. Amrita sher gil was a volatile personality amongst the artists of colonial india, who burst out across the conventional culture of indian art in the 1930s and continued up to her demise in lahore after a sudden illness at the tragically. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Amrita shergils greatest achievement was that she liberated indian art from a state of utter stagnation. Select this result to view namrita o sharmas phone number, address, and more.
Amrita was passionately fond of music, was an accomplished pianist, loved. Amrita shergil, painter who was one of the pioneers of the modern movement in indian art. Jawaharlal nehru was much struck by the genius of amrita shergil and her charm and became friends but failed to find a place in her canvas as. Called indias frida kahlo, amrita shergil was a female painter who played an important role in 20th century india. Did the ajanta caves and gauguin influence amritas works. Beautiful and brilliant, she lived life on her own terms, scandalizing the staid society of her times with her love affairs and unconventional ways. A letter to her parents, dated budapest 1934, explains her move. The paper has been presented in international conference of thaap, pakistan,2015 and published in the international journal of thaap, 2016. Amrita shergil 30 january 19 5 december 1941, was an eminent indian painter born to a punjabi sikh father and a hungarian jewish mother, sometimes known as indias frida kahlo, and today considered an important woman painter of 20th century india, whose legacy stands at par with that of the masters of bengal renaissance. Amrita shergil 30 january 19 5 december 1941 was an eminent hungarianindian painter. Amrita shergils life was as filled with passion and color as her canvasses.
Namrita sharma phone, address, background info whitepages. Why a lecture on amrita sher gil at the lahore biennale. For this book in two volumes, amritas extant letters and writings are translated and reproduced from the originals, and. This was the critically acclaimed, paintings by amrita shergil at falettis hotel in lahore. Amrita shergil had a short life, but her oeuvre is very rich. Amrita shergil painted more than one portrait of boris tachlitzky from 1930 to 1932. She is considered to be an important painter of 20thcentury india, and sometimes people call her indias frida kahlo. About the book unacknowledged during her life and considered an icon post he death, between these polarities lies the journey and the struggle for expression of one of the most enterprising and innovative artists of our times, amrita shergil 191941. Unacknowledged during her life and considered an icon post her death, between these polarities lies the journey and the struggle for expression of one of the most enterprising and innovative artists of our times, amrita shergil 191941.
She is considered as a revolutionary woman artist and pioneer of modern art in india, and often referred to along with frida kahlo for aesthetically blending traditional and western art forms. List of works featured works 7 all artworks by date 110 22 all artworks by date 101 22 all artworks by name 22 styles impressionism 2 postimpressionism 22 genres animal painting 2 cityscape 1. Regarded by some as the greatest painter of modern india, amrita shergil did not have world enough, nor time enough, to realize in full her rare aesthetic vision. Born in budapest of a hungarian mother and an indian father, she spent the first eight years of her life in that city. Tachlitzky, a leftwing artist, was a fellow student of shergil in paris. Sher gils art education was completed in paris where she was influenced by the artists like gauguin. Her parents first met in 1912, while marie antoinette was visiting lahore. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. All the information was meticulously collected and laboriously edited after crosschecking from numerous sources on the.
Amrita sher gil 30 january 19 5 december 1941 was an eminent hungarianindian painter. Young girls, 1932, amritas sister indira sits on the left clothed in chic european garb, while the partially undressed figure in the foreground is a french friend, denise proutaux. Amrita shergil was born on 30 january 19 in budapest, hungary, to umrao singh sher gil majithia, a sikh aristocrat and a scholar in sanskrit and persian, and marie antoniette gottesmann, a hungarianjewish opera singer who came from an affluent bourgeois family. Her first notable work was young girls, which made her an associate of the grand salon in paris in 1933. Amritsar sisters posed for painter amritas three girls legendary painter amrita shergil 1941, whose selfportrait sold for a whopping rs 18. She is the one figure who has the largest body of scholarship about her. For the uninitiated, shergils mother was hungarian and father, indian. An eminent and the most expensive woman painter of india. She had a precocious talent for painting that was noticed early, and she was encouraged in her pursuit by her uncle, ervin baktay, an indologist. Amrita shergil is one of indias foremost painters, often called indias frida kahlo. Veteran artist and nephew of amrita shergil vivan sundaram talks about his two volume book amrita shergil. On the 103rd anniversary of her birth, we celebrate this exceptional woman. From the repository of national gallery of modern art, focussing on the artistic merits and iconic personality of the remarkable artist. Amrita shergil beautiful and creative indian artists.
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