Amrita Sher-gil: An Indian Artist Family Of The Twentieth Century

Amrita Sher-Gil

Schirmer/Mosel

<p>An indian artist family of the twentieth century the artist family presented in this book spans three generations: umrao singh sher-gil (1870-1954), his daughter amrita sher-gil (1913-1941) and his grandson (amritas sister indiras son) vivan sundaram (b 1943)a scion of indias sikh aristocracy, umrao singh was a nationalist, an independent scholar with philosophical interests, and an eccentric, somewhat tolstoy an figure in appearance an amateur photographer of some genius, he took hundreds of photographs of his wife and two daughters which constitute an extraordinary record of the life world of an indo-european family in the first half of the twentieth century he was also given to posing himself in front of the camera-sometimes as a preening ascetic or dandy, but often as a man of letters surrounded by his tomes or sitting at his writing table</p>

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Amrita Sher-gil: An Indian Artist Family Of The Twentieth Century

Amrita Sher-Gil: An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century