"Amrita Sher-Gil - The Magyar Connection" Seminar with participation of Indian & Hungarian art historians and scholars at Hungarian Centre, 1-A, Janpath > 29th January 2013

Time : 1:45 pm onwards

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre (HICC), 1-A, Janpath, New Delhi- 110 001

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Event Description : 'Amrita Sher-Gil - The Magyar Connection' Seminar with participation of Indian and Hungarian art historians and scholars.
Commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of the founder of the modern Indian art Amrita Sher-Gil noted art historian and scholars from Hungary and India will trace the journey of Amrita Sher-gill in India where her work rose to its peak and influenced the course of modern and contemporary art. Papers will be presented by Dr. Katalin Keserü (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Dr. Ágnes Pap (Librarian, at the National Széchényi Library, Budapest), Dr. Rakhee Balaram (Art
Historian and Curator), Yashodhara Dalmia (Art Historian) etc.

Schedule
1:45 pm Registration
2:00 pm Welcome address by Tibor Kovács
2:15 pm Introduction by Navina Sundaram

Session 1
Chairperson: Navina Sundaram
2:30 – 3:00 pm “Umrao Singh Sher-Gil’s and Marie-Antoinette
Sher-Gil’s letters to Mari Jászai”
by Dr. Ágnes Pap
3:00 – 3:30 pm “Ernest Gottesmann: Chronicler and Archivist”
by Yashodhara Dalmia
3:30 – 4:00 pm “Amrita Sher-Gil and Hungarian Literature”
by Dr. Margit Köves
4:00 – 4:15 pm Tea break

Session 2
Chairperson: Prof. Parul Dave Mukherjee
4:15 – 4:45 pm “Amrita Sher-Gil and Ervin Baktay”
by Dr. Katalin Keserü
4:45 – 5:15 pm “Amrita Sher-Gil - Two Girls (1939)”
by Dr. Rakhee Balaram
5:15 pm Vote of thanks by Tibor Kovács

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