30 January: Remembering Amrita Sher-Gil on Birthday

by

Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) 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. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her oil painting Young Girls (1932) (shown below). Sher-Gil depicted everyday life of the people in her paintings..

Read More