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In 1838–39, a British visitor hired local Punjabi artists to produce pictures covering the various kinds of inhabitants of northern India using British-supplied paper and bound into an album. [20] Images of the Sikh royals and military were documented in these British-patronized local paintings. [20]
After observing the foreign artists, Kapur Singh would adopt their techniques of oil and watercolour painting and become a master in it himself. However, Kapur also delved in producing miniatures. [7] Kapur Singh is noted for being the only late-19th century Sikh artist who successfully made the transition toward oil painting in the western ...
A large portrait of a Sikh nobleman, possibly Maharaja Ranjit Singh, circa 1900. Sikh painting is a form of Sikh art style spread from Punjab Hills to the Punjab Plains which flourished between the 18th to 19th centuries. Major centres for the art school was Lahore, Amritsar, Patiala, Nabha, Kapurthala and Jind. Artists from surrounding regions ...
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
Self-portrait of Bishan Singh, detail from a painting of Sikh Empire-era Amritsar from the 19th century. Bishan Singh was born in 1836 into a Ramgarhia family of artists that flourished in the 19th century who operated in Lahore and Amritsar. [7] [8] [9] He had a brother, whom also was an artist, named Kishan Singh. [7]
Trilok Singh Chitarkar (1914-1990) was a versatile Indian painter. He has unique style of presenting himself through variety of themes - Sikh religion, history, culture, folk lore, love legends, portraits, social evils, nature, illustration of Gurbani, Shabads, visuals in Punjabi Encyclopedia and books. [1]
Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab [1] was a temporary exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History that highlights the art, culture, and history of the Sikh people. It was dedicated and opened to the public on July 24, 2004 and is a part of the broader Smithsonian Sikh Heritage Project which was launched in 2000.
Sardar Sobha Singh was born on 29 November 1901 in a Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab.His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry. Sobha Singh joined British Indian Army as a draughtsman in 1919 and served at Iraq till 1923 when he resigned from the Army and opened his own studio at Amritsar in 1923.