Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941)

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) was the first modern Indian artist. She was the niece of Ervin Baktay, the Hungarian indiologist, completed her studies in Paris together with the future members of the group Forces Nouvelles and worked in India and in Hungary. Though she died at the age of 27, she left a monumental oeuvre, most of which is kept at the National Gallery in Delhi. She is unknown in Hungarian art history as well as in the French. In India she is a "national treasure". Among other subjects, she poses the questions of women's identity and national identity, which are topical today. Her forty paintings will be shown at the exhibition, together with some works of her French friends and Hungarian masters.

The exhibition will include a series by the Indian artist VIVAN SUNDARAM Retake of the Sher-Gil Archive: Stills from "Amrita".

Duna TV Ltd. and the Ernst Museum will show Sándor Sára's 3-part documentary, entitled Amrita Sher-Gil (2001), within the framework of the exhibition. It will be scened continuously for duration of the exhibition.