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Amrita Sher-Gill

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Sher-Gill, Amrita

 

Born Jan. 30, 1912; died Dec. 5, 1941. Indian artist.

Sher-Gill studied in Paris in 1929. She was influenced by the painting of Ajanta and the works of P. Gauguin. She created poetic genre pictures noted for decorative coloring and musically rhythmic composition, including The Bride’s Toilet. Sher-Gill laid the foundations of the national school of Indian painting of the 20th century.

REFERENCE

Bogdanov, F. “Amrita Sher-Gil.” Aziia i Afrika segodnia, 1962, no. 8.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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