Bride's toilet old age painting must look - shreelimn arts
Amrita Sher-Gil A work of modernism,the painting draws influence from the frescoes of Ajanta and the miniatures of Mughal art, thereby resulting in a masterful amalgam of Indian and European styles. Part of Sher-Gil's well known South Indian trilogy, comprising also Brahmacharis and South Indian Villagers Going to Market,Bride's Toilet explores the simplicity and uniqueness of rural life, a recurring subject in her later paintings. When Sher-Gil returned to India in 1934, her approach towards art changed significantly. A number of later artworks revolved around the poor and the underprivileged, the commonfolk and their struggles. Bride's Toilet depicts a bride's chamber, wherein a young light-skinned woman, presumably the titular bride, is seated. She is half-naked; her palms are covered in mehndi. She is surrounded by two other women and two children. One of the women is dressing her hair, and the other is holdin...