Amrita Sher-Gil

Painting, Visual Artist

1913 – 1941

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Who was Amrita Sher-Gil?

Amrita Sher-Gil, was an eminent Indian painter born to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Hungarian Jewish mother, sometimes known as India's Frida Kahlo, and today considered an important woman painter of 20th century India, whose legacy stands at par with that of the Masters of Bengal Renaissance; she is also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India.

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Born
Jan 30, 1913
Budapest
Religion
  • Sikhism
Nationality
  • India
Education
  • Académie de la Grande Chaumière
  • École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Lived in
  • Lahore
  • Shimla
  • Budapest
Died
Dec 5, 1941
Lahore

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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