Amrita Sher-Gil was born in 1913 to Marie Antoinette Gottesmann, Hungarian-Jewish opera singer, and Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, a Sikh scholar.
The highly acclaimed artist, Amrita Sher-Gil's 1938 painting titled 'In the Ladies Enclosure' was sold for a whopping Rs 37.8 crore (USD 5.14 million) at a Tuesday auction by Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart.
The Indo-Hungarian artist's sold work set a world record for the highest value achieved by the artist in the auction. It is also the second-most expensive work of Indian art sold globally.
Earlier, V S Gaitonde's Untitled, 1961 which sold for Rs 39.98 crore in March this year, has been the most expensive work of Indian art sold globally, said the auction house in a statement.
According to Saffronart CEO and Co-Founder Dinesh Vazirani, "The record-breaking sale of Amrita Sher-Gil’s seminal painting from 1938 titled 'In the Ladies Enclosure' is a clear indication of her artistic merit and is a testament to her skill and talent."
The oil on canvas created by Sher-Gil in 1938, a few years after her return to India, also set a world record for the artist.
About Amrita Sher-Gil
Sher-Gil (1913-1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter and has been called one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century.
Amrita Sher-Gil was born in 1913 to Marie Antoinette Gottesmann, Hungarian-Jewish opera singer, and Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, a Sikh scholar, photographer, and aristocrat.
Amrita went on to study art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in1929, and when she returned to India in 1934, her art and style had completely changed.
She would now use her surroundings as inspiration and earthy tones would dominate her palette.
The National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi also houses a large collection of her works of art.
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