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AMRITA SHER-GIL RAJA RAVI VARMA JAMINI ROY

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AMRITA SHER-GILL
◦ 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 painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started
getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. She first
gained recognition at the age of 19, for her oil painting titled
Young Girls.
Sher-Gil traveled throughout her life to various countries
including Turkey, France, and India, deriving heavily from
precolonial Indian art styles and its current culture. Sher-Gil
is considered an important painter of 20th-century India,
whose legacy stands on a level with that of the pioneers
from the Bengal Renaissance. She was also an avid reader
and a pianist. Sher-Gil's paintings are among the most
expensive by Indian women painters today, although few
acknowledged her work when she was alive.

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ARTWORKS OF AMRITA SHER GIL
THREE GIRLS
Three Girls, also known as Group of Young Girls, is a painting by Hungarian-Indian
artist Amrita Sher-Gil. It was painted in 1935 shortly after Sher-Gil returned to India
from Europe in 1934. The painting won the Gold Medal at the annual exhibition of
the Bombay Art Society in 1937.
THE SLEEPING WOMAN
A beautiful painting of a sleeping woman by Amrita Sher-Gil. The
artist has depicted the subject as effervescent, charming young
woman with the building up of the surface on the canvas with a
thick layering of pigments. Amrita Sher gil paintings have a
beautiful blend of the Western and Indian styles of painting. She is
also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India".

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ARTWORKS OF AMRITA SHER-GIL
BRIDE’S TOILET
Bride's Toilet depicts a bride's chamber, wherein a young light-
skinned woman, presumably the titular bride, is seated. She is half-
naked; her palms are covered in mehndi. She is surrounded by two
other women and two children. One of the women is dressing her
hair,and the other is holding a container. Their faces are
expressionless. The painting employs a rich, colorful palette. Tones
have been skillfully used. The painting demonstrates Sher-Gil's
curious interest in women, their lives and adversities.
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THE LITTLT GIRL IN BLUE
The Little Girl in Blue is an oil painting on canvas created in India by
Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher Gil in 1934. Under India's
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (1972), the work is a national art
treasure and must stay in the country. In 2018, it was auctioned by
Sotheby's, Mumbai, fetching US$2.67 million.

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RAJA RAVI VARMA
◦ Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906 was an Indian
painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion
of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and
iconography. Especially, he was notable for making affordable
lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly
enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. His
lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts
and defined artistic tastes among the common people. Furthermore, his
religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from Indian epic poetry
and Puranas have received profound acclaim. He was part of the royal
family of erstwhile Parappanad, Malappuram district.
◦ Raja Ravi Varma was closely related to the royal family of Travancore of
present-day Kerala state in India. Later in his life, two of his
granddaughters were adopted into the royal family, and their
descendants comprise the present royal family of Travancore, including
the latest three Maharajas (Balarama Varma III, Marthanda Varma III
and Rama Varma VII).

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ARTWORKS OF RAJA RAVI VARMA
WOMAN HOLDING A FRUIT
'Woman Holding a Fruit' shows Ravi Varma's mastery over the
idioms of a new visual language in India. In the naturalistic depiction
of the young woman, Ravi Varma lyrically combines eroticism with
innocence. His handling of colours – mostly soft pinks and browns –
heightens the tenderness evoked in this painting.
SHAKUNTALA
Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an 1898 epic
painting by Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Ravi Varma depicts Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabharata,
pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her
husband/lover, Dushyantha, while her friends tease her and call her bluff.

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ARTWORKS OF RAJA RAVI VARMA
THE MILKMAID
"Milkmaid" painted by the Indian master Raja Ravi Varma, is a great
example of his portrayals of beautiful sari clad women, who were
painted very shapely yet graceful. Ravi varman paintings are considered
to be a fusion of indian traditions and european techniques
THERE COMES PAPA
There Comes Papa is an 1893 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi
Varma. The painting focuses on Varma's daughter and grandson, looking
towards the left at an approaching father.

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JAMINI ROY
◦ Jamini Roy was born on 11 April 1887 into a moderately prosperous
Kayastha family of land-owners in Beliatore village of the Bankura district,
West Bengal.[4]
He was raised in an average middle-class, art loving
household which ultimately influenced his future decisions.
◦ When he was sixteen he was sent to study at the
Government College of Art, Kolkata . Abanindranath Tagore, the founder of
Bengal school was vice-principal at the institution.[6]
He was taught to paint
in the prevailing academic tradition drawing Classical nudes and painting in
oils and in 1908 he received his Diploma in Fine Art.
◦ However, the principal E.B. Havell's influence, and Rabindranath Tagore's
decisive lecture brought him to a realization that he needed to draw
inspiration, not from Western traditions, but from his own culture, and so he
looked to the living folk and tribal art for inspiration.[7]
He was most
influenced by the Kalighat Pat (Kalighat painting), which was a style of art
with bold sweeping brush-strokes. He moved away from his earlier
impressionist landscapes and portraits and between 1921 and 1924 began
his first period of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting
point. Jamini Roy had 4 sons and 1 daughter.

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ARTWORKS OF JAMINI ROY
GOPINI
In ‘Gopini’ we see a monumentality of the figure. Bent lyrically, the
figure of the dancer emotes a sense of vibrancy and volume, a
striking moment of movement highlighted by the bright and tonally
rich use of colors.
THREE PUJARINS
Jamini Roy was a Bengali artist who made the ever-famous
painting called the Three Pujarins. It represents the traditional
folk art of Bengal showing three women dressed in the attires
worn for the worship and cultural prayers.

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ARTWORKS OF JAMINI ROY
DUAL CATS WITH ONE CRAYFISH
Alpha Gallery, Singapore, Jamini Roy - the Indian maestro, Exhibition
Catalogue, 30 April - 10 May 1972, number 22.
In the catalogue, Austin Coates described the painting: 'Dual Cats
with one Crayfish, 1968. Yet another new style, colors reduced in
number and very restrained, an almost overwhelming sense of
formality.'
YASHODA AND KRISHNA
As we all know she was the foster mother of lord Krishna but she is
revered more than his biological mother. Yashoda will always be
remembered as lord Krishna's loving mother and their relationship is
much cherished and always be considered as one of the most
celebrated relationship of a mother and her son of all time

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