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Amrita Sher-Gil

1913 - 1941

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Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian–Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started formal lessons at the age of eight. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her 1932 oil painting Young Girls. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amrita Sher-Gil is the 849th most popular painter (up from 919th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 265th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 849 out of 2,023. Before her are Michiel Coxie, Alonso Berruguete, Jean Fautrier, Vasily Tropinin, Gaspar de Crayer, and Gillis van Coninxloo. After her are Jacob Philipp Hackert, Walter Sickert, Jean François de Troy, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Roman Opałka, and Marinus van Reymerswaele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 120. Before her are Philip Abelson, Tikhon Khrennikov, Wols, Georgy Flyorov, Ken Carpenter, and Mickey Cohen. After her are Abraham Sutzkever, Hélio Gracie, Alfred Bester, Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Ed Ablowich, and Géza Kalocsay. Among people deceased in 1941, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 74. Before her are Jaan Tõnisson, Elizabeth von Arnim, Hanns Kerrl, Amy Johnson, Arkady Gaidar, and Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. After her are Ivan Panfilov, Alfred Hettner, Friedrich Akel, Maximilien Luce, J. Stuart Blackton, and Joachim Schepke.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 267 out of 1,077. Before her are Franz Alexander (1891), Nicolaus Olahus (1493), Margaret of Hungary (1175), Mátyás Szűrös (1933), Charles Simonyi (1948), and József Antall (1932). After her are Károly Grósz (1930), Ilona Elek (1907), Michu Meszaros (1939), Janus Pannonius (1434), Imre Steindl (1839), and Miklós Fehér (1979).

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Among PAINTERS In Hungary

Among painters born in Hungary, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 4. Before her are István Sándorfi (1948), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), and Mihály Zichy (1827). After her are Gyula Benczúr (1844), Philip de László (1869), László Mednyánszky (1852), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Igor Grabar (1871), Lajos Tihanyi (1885), and Katarina Ivanović (1811).

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