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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amrita Sher-Gil has received more than 2,313,718 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Amrita Sher-Gil is the 919th most popular painter (down from 605th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 169th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 919 out of 2,023. Before her are Muqi, Giampietrino, Emile Claus, Pedro Américo, David Roberts, and Il Pordenone. After her are Barthel Beham, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Andrea Schiavone, Gutzon Borglum, Jan Porcellis, and Cornelis Cort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 132. Before her are William Tolbert, Albert Cossery, Anthony Quayle, Alexander Kotov, Donald Maclean, and Charles Berlitz. After her are Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Géza Kalocsay, George Koval, Véra Clouzot, Stefan Heym, and Eiji Toyoda. Among people deceased in 1941, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 91. Before her are Eugène Boch, Simon Dubnow, Anton Reichenow, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Amy Johnson, and Nazikeda Kadın. After her are Gutzon Borglum, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Mustafa Shokay, Jelly Roll Morton, Jaan Tõnisson, and Parvin E'tesami.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 265 out of 1,077. Before her are László Csatáry (1915), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Béni Kállay (1839), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), and Imre Steindl (1839). After her are Prince Álmos (1070), Gabor Maté (1944), Pál Csernai (1932), Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1255), George Friedman (1949), and John G. Kemeny (1926).

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Among PAINTERS In Hungary

Among painters born in Hungary, Amrita Sher-Gil ranks 5. Before her are István Sándorfi (1948), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Mihály Zichy (1827), and Philip de László (1869). After her are László Mednyánszky (1852), Gyula Benczúr (1844), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Igor Grabar (1871), Katarina Ivanović (1811), and Ilka Gedő (1921).

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