Amrita Sher-Gil often painted the portraits of friends, family and fellow students. Sumair was her cousin. [https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/sumair/PQHQq6fBkcaJ0Q] Amrita Sher-Gil flashed through the Indian artistic horizon like an incandescent meteor. Her place in the trajectory of Indian modern art is unquestionably pre eminent. Her aesthetic sensibility shows not surprisingly a blend of European and Indian elements. Her command over handling of oil medium and use of color, as well as her vigorous brushwork and strong feeling for composition, all go towards giving a dazzling quality to her genius. Sher-Gil's sikh father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil was an aristocratic estate owner with a passion for photography and her mother Marie Antoinette was a Hungarian. Sher-Gil's art education was completed in Paris where she was influenced by the artists like Gauguin. While her childhood years were spent... [http://www.museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/ngma_del-ngma-00032-325]