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Village Scene is an oil on canvas painting depicting Indian village life, completed in 1938 at Simla, India, by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 – 1941). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ a ] In March 2006 it was sold for $1.6 million.
The simple pictorial language of Warli painting is matched by a rudimentary technique. The ritual paintings are usually created on the inside walls of village huts. The walls are made of a mixture of branches, earth and red brick that make a red ochre background for the paintings. The Warli only paint with a white pigment made from a mixture of ...
In 2006, her painting Village Scene sold for ₹ 6.9 crores at an auction in New Delhi which was at the time the highest amount ever paid for a painting in India. [31] The Indian cultural centre in Budapest is named the Amrita Sher-Gil Cultural Centre. [35] Contemporary artists in India have recreated and reinterpreted her works. [42]
The Story Teller is a 1937 oil painting on canvas by Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941). In September 2023 it set a record as the highest-priced Indian artwork sold at auction globally.
Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former U.S. president fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago ...
The Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is located in central North Dakota, at the confluence of the Knife River with the Missouri River.The village is located ½ mile north of present-day Stanton, North Dakota, 1 hour north west of Bismarck, and 1 ½ hours south west of Minot, North Dakota.
Thembang Fortified Village Arunachal Pradesh: 2014 ii, iii, v (cultural) The village of Thembang is located in the Eastern Himalayas at an altitude above 2,000 m (6,600 ft). It is built as a dzong, a type of fortified monastery also found in neighbouring Bhutan and Tibet. It is inhabited by the Monpas and was constructed before the 12th century.
In October, Bezos purchased a second home in Indian Creek Village. Originally listed for $85 million , the 23,000-square-foot mansion at 12 Indian Creek Island Road has seven bedrooms and 14 ...