Thw World of Amrita Shergill
Outside the world of art, not many Indians or people outside India , would have heard of Amrita Shergill. But it is about time that her contribution as a painter be recognized and she be given her due in the hall of fame. Amrita Shergill was a non conformist and she painted herself in the nude, paintings that are now considered art treasures.In the bargain she blazed a revolutionary trail that has served as a beacon to other Indian painters.
The Art of Amrita Shergill
Amrita Shergill however did not look back and started making paintings that have stood the test of time. As proof more than a 100 of her paintings adorn the National Art Gallery Museum at Delhi. A visit to the museum is an elevating experience as one realizes the immense talent the girl had and more important her dedication to paint what she thought was right and proper.
We must not forget that India was just emerging from the Purdah age which was enforced during the Moslem rule. It required great courage to paint nudes and this she did. I remember seeing one of her nude self portraits at the Museum and I struck with deep expressive eyes and her body so faultlessly presented for generations to come.
Nude Paintings
Painting a nude is always considered the high point of an Artist’s painting career. Many painters the world over have painted nudes, with Dali and Goya in the forefront. Amrita Shergill lived and loved life to the hilt. She did have an affair with her cousin and moved back to India from Europe. She settled at Lahore and passed away in a mysterious illness that consumed her. She was only 28. Her life is however immortalized in her paintings and perhaps for generations to come she will be remembered as a trail blazer who did India proud in the field of Art.
The Art of Amrita Shergill
Amrita Shergill however did not look back and started making paintings that have stood the test of time. As proof more than a 100 of her paintings adorn the National Art Gallery Museum at Delhi. A visit to the museum is an elevating experience as one realizes the immense talent the girl had and more important her dedication to paint what she thought was right and proper.
We must not forget that India was just emerging from the Purdah age which was enforced during the Moslem rule. It required great courage to paint nudes and this she did. I remember seeing one of her nude self portraits at the Museum and I struck with deep expressive eyes and her body so faultlessly presented for generations to come.
Nude Paintings
Painting a nude is always considered the high point of an Artist’s painting career. Many painters the world over have painted nudes, with Dali and Goya in the forefront. Amrita Shergill lived and loved life to the hilt. She did have an affair with her cousin and moved back to India from Europe. She settled at Lahore and passed away in a mysterious illness that consumed her. She was only 28. Her life is however immortalized in her paintings and perhaps for generations to come she will be remembered as a trail blazer who did India proud in the field of Art.
Amrita Died Young
Amrita Shergill died young at 28 in 1941 at Lahore, now in Pakistan. During the days of the Raj she was one of the most charismatic and promising Indian artists of that period. A large number of her paintings along with the nudes represent her love for the country and more importantly her appreciation of the life of the people.
Amrita Shergill was born in 1913 in Hungary of an Hungarian mother and Sikh father. She was a Sikh by birth, but was not deeply swayed by religion. She had a Bohemian instinct right from childhood, as well as immense talent. While in school she was expelled for drawing and sketching nudes, which was anuntouchable subject at that time and period and the good nuns in the convent where Amrita studied were alarmed at a young girl drawing nudes.
Amrita Shergill was born in 1913 in Hungary of an Hungarian mother and Sikh father. She was a Sikh by birth, but was not deeply swayed by religion. She had a Bohemian instinct right from childhood, as well as immense talent. While in school she was expelled for drawing and sketching nudes, which was anuntouchable subject at that time and period and the good nuns in the convent where Amrita studied were alarmed at a young girl drawing nudes.
The Art of Amrita Shergill
Amrita Shergill however did not look back and started making paintings that have stood the test of time. As proof more than a 100 of her paintings adorn the National Art Gallery Museum at Delhi. A visit to the museum is an elevating experience as one realizes the immense talent the girl had and more important her dedication to paint what she thought was right and proper.
We must not forget that India was just emerging from the Purdah age which was enforced during the Moslem rule. It required great courage to paint nudes and this she did. I remember seeing one of her nude self portraits at the Museum and I struck with deep expressive eyes and her body so faultlessly presented for generations to come.
Nude Paintings
We must not forget that India was just emerging from the Purdah age which was enforced during the Moslem rule. It required great courage to paint nudes and this she did. I remember seeing one of her nude self portraits at the Museum and I struck with deep expressive eyes and her body so faultlessly presented for generations to come.
Nude Paintings
Trail Blazer
Amrita. Shergill is no more, but there are over a 100of her paintings exhibited at the art gallery in New Delhi. She deserves greater credit as she lived at a time in India when the country was ruled by the British and Indian women had not fully emerged from the confines of the purdah, that kept women in seclusion
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