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Pencil sketch on yellowed paper of a young woman's face with centre-parted hair, dated 1927 at the bottom.Indian modernism

Amrita Sher-Gil

1913 – 1941 · India / Hungary

Trained in Paris, found her voice in India, gone at 28.

Self-Portrait, 1927. Amrita Sher-Gil. Public domain · Source: Wikimedia Commons

Painting · Drawing

Amrita Sher-Gil

1913 – 1941 · India / Hungary

Daughter of a Sikh scholar and a Hungarian singer, she studied in Paris and then returned to India, blending European modernism with Indian painting traditions.

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Fact file

Born
1913
Died
1941
Country
India / Hungary
Era
The 1900s
Style
Indian modernism
Disciplines
Painting, Drawing
Key work
Self-Portrait (1927)
Medium
Pencil on paper

Curiosity!

Documented

She made this self-portrait drawing at just 14 — and dated it right on the paper.

What we know (and what we don’t)

  • Documented

    In 1976 the Government of India declared her work National Art Treasures.

  • Not certain

    The cause of her sudden death in 1941 remains uncertain.

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