In January 2023, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian-born painter Amrita Sher-Gil, the Liszt Institute of Delhi launched a series of programs entitled AMRITA110. That is why we are particularly pleased that the embassy of Hungary in Islamabad organized a commemoration and the inauguration of a plaque in Lahore on December 5, the 82nd anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil's death.
The Hungarian-Indian painter died on December 5, 1941 in Lahore, one of the most important cultural centers of unified India. Amrita Sher-Gil lived for about 3 months with her Hungarian husband, Viktor Egan, in the house under 23 Ganga Ram Mansions, on the street that was built in the 1920s and has faithfully preserved its original form to this day. Here she was preparing for the first major exhibition of his life, when she died unexpectedly on December 5.
Mr. Béla Fazekas, Hungary's ambassador to Pakistan, unveiled a commemorative plaque at the event organized by the Islamabad embassy.
