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Michael
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In October 1929, Hungarian-Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil's family moved from Budapest to Paris where the 16-year-old joined the studio of French painter Lucian Simon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ... and she met fellow student Boris Taslitzky, two years her senior. Their shared love for art brought them together and Taslitzky’s memoirs reveal Sher-Gil was “his first passionate love.” Sadly, details of their romance are limited because the archive of Sher-Gil’s letters has a gap from 1929 until 1931 because her parents burned her old love “letters which should not have been left about by you, as they are of no use but of possible harm.” Remnants of their romance can be found in portraits they painted of each other in Simon’s studio like this close-up of Sher-Gil, with long, dark black hair parted in the middle that falls past her shoulders in loose waves covered by a white, ruffled bonnet. Sher-gil has dark, expressive eyes that appear sympathetic, yet focused while her eyebrows are dark and well-defined, arching naturally above her eyes. Her nose is straight with a rounded tip and her mouth is softly defined with deep red full lips. Their relationship came to a tragic end in 1932 when France faced an economic collapse, rampant corruption, and the rise of fascism. Taslitzky became a militant artist, documenting riot scenes on the streets while Amrita left Europe for India and began to grapple with her Indian roots. She passed away far to young in December 1941, but is now celebrated as one of India’s leading modernists. Beforehand, Sher-Gil lamented, “Boris’s story is terrible – he didn’t deserve it – one of those rare human beings who did not deserve it ... But, I don’t talk about it anymore, it’s too painful for me.” In November 1941, Taslitzky was arrested and interned as a Communist Jew in the Buckenwald camp in Germany (where his mother was killed). Taslitzky survived the war and his contribution to French painting history has now begun to be recognized.

In October 1929, Hungarian-Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil's family moved from Budapest to Paris where the 16-year-old joined the studio of French painter Lucian Simon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ... and she met fellow student Boris Taslitzky, two years her senior. Their shared love for art brought them together and Taslitzky’s memoirs reveal Sher-Gil was “his first passionate love.” Sadly, details of their romance are limited because the archive of Sher-Gil’s letters has a gap from 1929 until 1931 because her parents burned her old love “letters which should not have been left about by you, as they are of no use but of possible harm.” Remnants of their romance can be found in portraits they painted of each other in Simon’s studio like this close-up of Sher-Gil, with long, dark black hair parted in the middle that falls past her shoulders in loose waves covered by a white, ruffled bonnet. Sher-gil has dark, expressive eyes that appear sympathetic, yet focused while her eyebrows are dark and well-defined, arching naturally above her eyes. Her nose is straight with a rounded tip and her mouth is softly defined with deep red full lips. Their relationship came to a tragic end in 1932 when France faced an economic collapse, rampant corruption, and the rise of fascism. Taslitzky became a militant artist, documenting riot scenes on the streets while Amrita left Europe for India and began to grapple with her Indian roots. She passed away far to young in December 1941, but is now celebrated as one of India’s leading modernists. Beforehand, Sher-Gil lamented, “Boris’s story is terrible – he didn’t deserve it – one of those rare human beings who did not deserve it ... But, I don’t talk about it anymore, it’s too painful for me.” In November 1941, Taslitzky was arrested and interned as a Communist Jew in the Buckenwald camp in Germany (where his mother was killed). Taslitzky survived the war and his contribution to French painting history has now begun to be recognized.

"Portrait of Painter Amrita Sher-Gil" by Boris Taslitzky (French) - Oil on canvas / 1931 - Estate of Boris Taslitzky #WomenInArt #ArtText #art #oilpainting #portraitofawoman #portraitofanartist #AmritaSher-Gil #BorisTaslitzky #Taslitzky #artwork #womensart #FrenchArtist #artoftheday #love #romance

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