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- 1. AMRITA SHER GILL Date of Birth: January 30, 1913 Place of Birth: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary Date of Death: December 5, 1941 Place of Death: Lahore, British India Profession: Painter Periods: Modern art, Post-Impressionism Education: Académie de la Grande Chaumière, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts Spouse: Victor Egan Father: Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia Mother: Marie Antoniette Gottesmann Sibling: Indira Sundaram o Amrita Sher-Gil was born on 30th January, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, was a Persian and Sanskrit scholar, o She is also considered as a revolutionary woman artist and the originator of modern art in India. o Amrita grew up with her younger sister Indira Sundaram and was very fond of her. o She spent her initial childhood in the Dunaharaszti town of Hungary and developed an interest towards painting at a very young age. o By the time she was five, Amrita had started painting. In the year 1921, her family shifted from Hungary to the beautiful hill station of Shimla, due to financial crisis. o After landing in Shimla, the nine year old Amrita started learning piano and also acted in plays along with her sister at the famous Gaiety Theatre. o Though her artworks mainly depicted Western style and culture during the initial stages of her career, the painter gradually began to rediscover herself by depicting Indian subjects using traditional methods. o Apart from painting, she was also well-versed in playing piano and fond of reading. o Throughout her career, she painted her friends, lovers and also made quite a few self-portraits, for which she is often considered as a narcissistic by many.
- 2. EDUCATION:- o Amrita started to learn the nuances of painting at the tender of eight. o Initially, she trained under Major Whitmarsh and later under Beven Pateman. o In 1923, when she was 10 years old, her mother Marie came across an Italian sculptor living in Shimla. o When the sculptor moved back to Italy in 1924, Amrita and her mother followed suit. o After reaching Italy, she joined Santa Annunziata, a famous art school in Florence. o While at Santa Annunziata, Amrita was exposed to the works of Italian artists, which furthered her interest in painting. After a few months of learning, she returned to India. CAREER:- o During the initial stages of her career, Amrita’s works deeply reflected her Western influence and her technique was similar to the paintings that were practiced in the Bohemian circles. o While in Paris, she came up with a number of paintings depicting her own life in Paris. o She often used her friends as her subjects and also ended up with a series of self- portraits. o Around this time, she created ‘Young Girls’, which gained wide recognition and appreciation. YOUNG GIRL THE REDISCOVERY:- o Amrita Sher-Gil returned to India in the year 1934 and began her never-ending journey of trying to decode the traditions of Indian art. o She was influenced by the Mughal as well as the Ajanta paintings. o In 1937, she began her journey to the southern parts India and was deeply moved by the plight of many villagers and unprivileged people. This started reflecting in her works and eventually gave rise to paintings such as ‘Brahmacharis’, ‘Bride's Toilet’ and ‘South Indian Villagers Going to Market’. o Her technique and style was now nowhere similar to the paintings that she came up with in Paris. o She even wrote to one of her friends, saying that Europe belonged to the likes of Picasso and Matisse while India belongs to her.
- 3. WORKS IN INDIA:- o Her works in India, post her wedding, had a tremendous impact on Indian art in the following years. o Many of her works were influenced by the works of Rabindranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore. o Among her works during this phase of her life, the best ones were ‘Siesta’, ‘Village Scene’ and ‘In the Ladies' Enclosure’, all of which represented the poor state of the unprivileged and women in the country. o In 1941, she moved to Lahore (undivided India), where art was being appreciated at that time. There she came up with marvelous paintings such as ‘The Bride’, ‘Tahitian’, ‘Red Brick House’ and ‘Hill Scene’. ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION;- o Amrita Sher-Gil was one of the most impressive as well as the most gifted Indian artists of the pre-colonial era. o She was also the youngest as well as the only Asian artist to be elected as an Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris. o For her work ‘Young Girls’, she was awarded with a gold medal in Paris, which was considered as a prestigious award there. o The works of Amrita Sher-Gil have been declared as National Art Treasures by the Government of India. o Most of her paintings adorn the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. o In 2006, ‘Village Scene’ sold for a whopping 6.9 crore rupees in New Delhi. Back then, it was the highest amount paid for any Indian painting in India. AMRITA SHER GIL’S FAMOUS PAINTINGS:- THE BRIDE’S TOILET THE RED BRICK HOUSE TIAHITIAN BRAHMACHARIS