Called India’s Frida Kahlo, Amrita Shergil was a female painter who played an important role in 20th century India.
Born to an Indian Punjabi father, Amrita was by no means a typical Indian woman. Her mother was a Hungarian and Amrita was born January 30, in the year 1913 in Budapest. She began painting by herself as a five-year-old and her parents arranged for her to have lessons later on after seeing her talents. When she grew up into a gifted teenager her mother took her to Europe to expose her daughter to various genres of paintings. However, it was only after coming back to India did Amrita realize her full potential. Her paintings were the perfect blend of Western and Indian techniques which gave them an exotic appeal combined with earthiness.
She drew the number of portraits but despite being friends with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Amrita Sher-Gil never drew his portrait. Amrita believed in living the life on her own terms. She was a rebel and with her various love affairs and unconventional ways, she scandalized the society of her time.
Nehru And Amrita
"He is too good looking", these were the words of the famed artist when Iqbal Singh a close friend and confidant, whom she met in Shimla in 1937, asked her why she did not paint Nehru's portrait.
Amrita first met Nehru in Delhi. Her genius and charismatic personality have captured Nehru’s attention mentioned Dalmis. He stood out as someone quite different.
Despite meeting him a few times and exchanging various letters, she never drew Nehru's portrait.
Nehru attended her exhibition held in Delhi, in February 1937. Later, while describing her meeting with him to a friend, she wrote, "I think he liked me too, as much as I liked him. He came to my exhibition and we had a long chat."
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