Queer Places:
23 Ganga Ram Mansions, The Mall Rd, Mazang, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan
Amrita
Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was an eminent 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.[1]
Drawn towards painting since a young 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 (1932).
Sher-Gil traveled throughout her life to various countries including Turkey, France, and India, deriving heavily from their art styles and cultures. 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5] Her letters reveal same-sex affairs.[6]
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