Puratan Sikh art

puzzled · February 21, 2020

maharaja ranjit singh with maharani mehtab kaur

Maharani Chand Kaur wife of Maharaja Kharak Singh

puzzled · February 23, 2020

Amrita Sher gil, similar paintings to the ones of the bengali renaissance

i like the earthy colours she used. the people in he paintings look really depressed.

I remember seeing a painting of nihung singhs by her but i cant find it now

amrita in her studio

jkvlondon · February 24, 2020

14 hours ago, puzzled said:

Amrita Sher gil, similar paintings to the ones of the bengali renaissance

i like the earthy colours she used. the people in he paintings look really depressed.

I remember seeing a painting of nihung singhs by her but i cant find it now

amrita in her studio

reminds me of Gaguin style .

puzzled · February 25, 2020

23 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

reminds me of Gaguin style .

Yh you can see the European influence in her art, she went to europe for painting classes france I think? but really missed india so came back. Its said she was influenced by the ajanta cave paintings aswell when she visited them, you can definitely see the influence from the ajanta paintings.