http://www.retronaut.co/2010/07/umrao-singh-sher-gil/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sun, 20 Nov 2024 23:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.retronaut.co/2010/07/umrao-singh-sher-gil/#comment-3175 Scott Mon, 12 Jul 2024 21:20:35 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4931#comment-3175 I wonder if the painting on the wall in the top photo is one of Amrita's? She too was a highly accomplished artist in her own right - Tate Modern in London did a retrospective on her work some years ago - but died aged only 28 in 1941 (reportedly following a botched abortion). I wonder if the painting on the wall in the top photo is one of Amrita’s? She too was a highly accomplished artist in her own right – Tate Modern in London did a retrospective on her work some years ago – but died aged only 28 in 1941 (reportedly following a botched abortion).

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2010/07/umrao-singh-sher-gil/#comment-3162 Janet E Davis Mon, 12 Jul 2024 11:14:00 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4931#comment-3162 Great photos. Took me a few moments to see that the top photo looked so odd because it is a photo-collage. Different elements are lit from different directions or lack shadows, causing visual dissonance. Great photos.
Took me a few moments to see that the top photo looked so odd because it is a photo-collage. Different elements are lit from different directions or lack shadows, causing visual dissonance.

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