Category:Amrita Sher-Gil
Amrita Sher-Gil (अमृता शेरगिल) (January 30, 1913 – December 5, 1941), was an eminent Indian painter, sometimes known as India's Frida Kahlo, and today considered an important women painter of 20th century India, whose legacy stands at par with that of the Masters of en:Bengal Renaissance; she is also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India. Today, she is amongst Nine Masters, whose work was declared as art treasures by The Archaeological Survey of India, in 1976 and 1979, and over 100 of her paintings are now displayed at National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi.
Note: All her works are in Public domain in India, hence you may use the tag - {{PD-India}} They are also in the Public Domain in the European Union and all other countries where the copyright expires 70 years after the death of an author, hence {{PD-old-70}} also applies.
Note (2): it means all her own works, it doesn't mean all photographs been made of her .
External links[edit]
- Amrita Shergill exhibition - well worth visiting
- Amrita Sher-Gil Bio, Gallery of Paintings, Books, Photos
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Date of birth | 30 January 1913 Budapest (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary) | ||||
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Amrita Sher-Gil with 3 paintings.jpg 2,000 × 1,510; 425 KB
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Amrita Sher-Gil with her sister Indira, 1922.jpg 150 × 225; 10 KB
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Amrita Sher-Gil-emléktábla.jpg 944 × 1,233; 216 KB
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Stamp of India - 1978 - Colnect 326687 - Amrita Sher Girl.jpeg 504 × 596; 71 KB
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