![]() ‘Her uncle was an Indologist and a former painter, and he recognised her talent and encouraged her parents to nurture it,’ says Avari.Īt 11 she won her first prize for painting, and soon after began to focus on the subjects that would define her work for the rest of her life: women’s sensuality, their work and their relationships with each other. Sher-Gil began to paint and write poetry. ‘As a young girl, Amrita was surrounded by successful writers and artists.’īut after the ravages of the First World War, Hungary fell into civil strife and the family left Budapest for northern India, where they settled in the city of Shimla. London A landmark re-discovery, Antonio Canova’s (1757-1822) Maddalena Giacente (Recumbent Magdalen e) 1819-1822, is the Italian titan’s lost masterpiece, which he completed shortly before his death (estimate: 5,000,000-8,000,000). ![]() ‘It was an unconventional background, combining cultural traditions that had rarely overlapped before,’ says Nishad Avari, head of Christie’s South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale. ![]() Her father was a Sikh aristocrat and an experimental photographer, while her highly strung Hungarian mother was a musician. Woods story in some ways parallels the story of oil baron E. In her short, exuberant life she was a radical force in India, presenting herself as a formidable, autonomous creative female. by Hugh Pickens Story began NovemThe story of Bryant Bakers Lost Masterpiece begins with William Madison Wood, a textile mill owner in Lawrence, Massachusetts who made his fortune turning around failing mills, but whose life ended in tragedy. Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) is considered a pioneer of modern Indian art.
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