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Budapest, Hungary- <\/strong>the site of Sher-Gil’s birth in 1913<\/p>\n

Shimla (Simla), India<\/strong>– Sher-Gil’s family moved here in 1921; she returned here in 1934<\/p>\n

Florence, Italy<\/strong>– Sher-Gil, along with her mother and sister, lived here briefly in 1924<\/p>\n

Paris, France<\/strong>– Sher-Gil lived here from 1929 to 1934, where she attended the Ecoles de Beaux Arts<\/p>\n

Ajanta, India<\/strong>– the site of the Ajanta cave frescoes, where Sher-Gil was inspired by early Indian art during her tour of India in 1937<\/p>\n

Ellora, India<\/strong>– the site of cave temples that Sher-Gil visited on her tour of India, which Sher-Gil described as being filled with “magnificent sculpture and desolation” (Ananth 22)<\/p>\n

Comorin, India<\/strong>– One of the South Indian villages that Sher-Gil visited on her 1937 tour. Sher-Gil painted “Fruit Vendors” here and gathered ideas for future paintings that were inspired by the people and culture of these villages, such as “Brahmacharis” and “Bride’s Toilet.”<\/p>\n

Cochin, India<\/strong>– another site on Sher-Gil’s South Indian tour, where she was exposed to seventeenth century frescoes whose form, color, and expression of Indian culture inspired her.<\/p>\n

Lahore, India-<\/strong> the location of an important show of Sher-Gil’s in 1937 which helped her gain critical acclaim and exposed her to Mughal miniature portraits that informed her later work. Sher-Gil moved here with Egan in 1941 in the hopes that its culture would stimulate her work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Budapest, Hungary- the site of Sher-Gil’s birth in 1913 Shimla (Simla), India– Sher-Gil’s family moved here in 1921; she returned here in 1934 Florence, Italy– Sher-Gil, along with her mother and sister, lived here briefly in 1924 Paris, France– Sher-Gil lived here from 1929 to 1934, where she attended the Ecoles de Beaux Arts Ajanta, … Continue reading Map<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/352"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/global-modern-women-artists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}