• NGMA India

    Amrita Sher-Gil

    Accession No . 1134 Artist Name. Amrita Sher-Gil Title. Mother India Medium. Oil on Canvas Size. 25.75" x 32"

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    Soon after her return to India, after completing her rat studies in Paris in 1934, Amrita Sher-Gil set about capturing the poor Indian villagers in her paintings from 1935 onwards. The faces of her subject at this time have their faces and stances steeped in melancholy and are marked by large, sad eyes. Mr. R.C. Tandon, from whom this painting had been purchased was a professor at the Allahabad University and had organized an exhibition of Amrita Sher-Gil's paintings in 1937 at the University campus.