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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 formal lessons at the age of eight. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her 1932 oil painting Young Girls. Sher-Gil depicted everyday life of the people…
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culture · Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941) · painter · also Amrita Sher-Gil, Amrita Sher Gill, Amrita Shergil, Amrita Sher Gil, Amr̥ta Śeragila, Amrita Shergill
Born 30 January 1913 · Died 5 December 1941 · Q150312
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I am an individualist, evolving a new technique, which, through not necessarily Indian in the traditional sense of the word, will yet be fundamentally Indian in spirit. With the eternal significance of form and color I interpret India and, principally, the life of the Indian poor on the plane that transcends the plane of mere sentimental interest.
I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque.... India belongs only to me.
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“I am an individualist, evolving a new technique, which, through not necessarily Indian in the traditional sense of the word, will yet be fundamentally Indian in spirit. With the eternal significance of form and color I interpret India and, principally, the life of the Indian poor on the plane that transcends the plane of mere sentimental interest.”
“I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque.... India belongs only to me.”
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Mint: Artist Amrita Sher-Gil's story comes to life in a novel puppet show
Scroll: In Amrita Sher-Gil’s rare sculpture, the secret strength of tigers and women at rest
Artnet: Amrita Sher-Gil Was a Visionary Modernist. But Export Rules Are Complicating Her Market Surge
Indiatimes: How India influenced Amrita Sher-Gil's paintings and life
Indiatimes: Amrita Sher-Gil’s ‘The Story Teller’ becomes the most expensive Indian artwork ever auctioned
Mint: Amrita Sher-Gil’s ‘The Story Teller’ fetches record ₹61.8 cr
NDTV: Amrita Sher-Gil's 'The Story Teller' Fetches Record Rs 61.8 Crore At Auction
NDTV: Artist Amrita Sher-Gil Work Becomes Second Most Expensive Indian Artwork
Sher-Gil's painting Portrait of Denyse was put up for auction by Christie's with an estimated value to be between $1
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Artnet: Amrita Sher-Gil, Known as ‘India’s Frida Kahlo,’ Is a Standout at Sotheby’s Inaugural Auction in Mumbai
The New York Times published a belated obituary for her
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actuphoto.com: Amrita Sher-Gil An Indian Artist Family in the 20th Century
Also became the inspiration behind the Urdu play Tumhari Amrita
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By India Post, and the Amrita Shergil Marg is a road in Lutyens' Delhi named after her
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And the 'Progressive Artist's Group', with Francis Newton Souza, Ara, Bakre, Gade, M
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Died 1941-12-05.
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At age 28, just days before the opening of her first major solo show in Lahore, Sher-Gil became seriously ill and slipped into a coma
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“Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse and many others, India belongs only to me.”
Sher-Gil toured South India and produced her South Indian trilogy of paintings Bride's Toilet, Brahmacharis, and South Indian Villagers Going to Market following her visit to the Ajanta Caves, when she made a conscious a
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At the behest of art collector and critic Karl Khandalavala, who encouraged her to pursue her passion for discovering her Indian roots
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Sher-Gil "began to be haunted by an intense longing to return to India feeling in some strange way that there lay her destiny as a painter"
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Sher-Gil was briefly engaged to Yusuf Ali Khan, but rumours spread that she was also having an affair with her first cousin and later husband Viktor Egan
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And was an advocate of Sher-Gil pursuing art
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When he returned to Italy, she too moved there, along with Amrita, and got her enrolled at Santa Annunziata, an art school in Florence
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It was here that she was exposed to works of Italian masters
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Marie came to know an Italian sculptor, who was living in Shimla at the time
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Her family moved to Summer Hill in Shimla, India, and Sher-Gil soon began learning piano and violin
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Born 1913-01-30.
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While Marie Antoinette was visiting Lahore
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