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Amrita Sher-Gil

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Recently, The National Gallery of Modern art in association with Liszt Institute, Hungarian Cultural Centre, New Delhi celebrated the 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil.

About Amrita Sher-Gil:

  • Amrita was an Indian-Hungarian painter and one of the avant-garde women artists.
  • Though her art education was from Paris, she has discovered the artistic traditions of India.
  • She travelled widely in India during 1939 which brought a robust impact on the style of expression, figuration and composition in her artwork.

Her famous works are

    • A group of three girls.
    • Brahmacharis, Bride’s toilet.
    • Lady Daljit Singh of Kapurthala, Musicians, women on Charpoy, Camels and Village girls