Brahmacharis (painting) explained

Brahmacharis
Artist:	Amrita Sher-Gil
Year:	1937
Medium:	Oil on canvas
Width Metric:	144.5
Length Metric:	86.5
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
Museum:	National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Brahmacharis is an oil on canvas painting by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, completed in May 1937 at Shimla, India.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is one of her large compositions and one of her South Indian trilogy, along with Bride's Toilet and South Indian Villagers Going to Market.^{[4] [5]} In 1937 it was displayed at her Lahore exhibition for a price of ₹1,500.^[6]

See also

• List of paintings by Amrita Sher-Gil

Bibliography

• Book: Dalmia, Yashodhara . Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life . 2013 . Penguin Books . Gurugram . 978-0-14-342026-2 . en.
• Book: Sundaram . Vivan . Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings . 2010 . Tulika Books . New Delhi . 1. 1–417. 978-81-89487-59-1.
• Book: Sundaram . Vivan . Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings . 2010 . Tulika Books . New Delhi . 2. 418–821. 978-81-89487-59-1.

Notes and References

1. Sundaram, p. 807
2. Rana . Subir . Framing the political, rebellious and 'desiring' body: Amrita Sher-Gil and the 'Modern' in Painting . India International Centre Quarterly . 2017 . 44 . 2 . 35–53 . 0376-9771.
3. Book: Keserü . Katalin . Dalmia . Yashodhara . Amrita Sher-Gil: Art & Life : a reader . 2014 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-809886-7 . https://books.google.com/books?id=U7W4oAEACAAJ . en . 8. Amrita Sher-Gil: the Indian painter and her French and Hungarian connections. 111-112.
4. Sundaram, p. 370
5. Dalmia, p. 201
6. Sundaram, p. 422