Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life

Yashodhara Dalmia

Penguin, 248 pages with 32 pages of photos, Rs 399

Amrita Sher-Gil, a leading Indian modernist artist, lived life on her own terms, scandalising the staid society of her times with her love affairs and unconventional ways. In this fascinating biography, art historian Yashodhara Dalmia paints a compelling portrait of the artist who, when she died in 1941 at the age of 28, left behind a body of work that establishes her as one of the foremost artists of the 20th century and an eloquent symbol of the fusion between the East and the West.