Indira Sundaram
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Indira Sundaram | |
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 Indira Sundaram by Amrita Sher-Gil, 1936 | |
| Born | 28 March 1914 Buda Hills, Hungary |
| Died | 1975 (aged 60–61) |
| Known for | Feature of portraits by Amrita Sher-Gil, photographs by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, art works by Vivan Sundaram |
| Spouse | Kalyan Sundaram |
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Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil; 28 March 1914 - 1975) was the subject of several paintings completed by her sister, Amrita Sher-Gil, photographs by her father Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, and art works by her son Vivan Sundaram.[1]
Indira Sher-Gil, affectionately known as Indu, was born on 28 March 1914 in a mansion located in the Buda Hills of Hungary.[2][3] She was the daughter of the Indian aristrocat Umrao Singh Sher-Gil and his Hungarian wife Marie Antoinette Gottesman.[3] The youngest of two siblings, her sister was Amrita Sher-Gil, who became a renowned painter and Indian national treasure.[3] Indira moved to the Gottesman family mansion at Dunaharaszti in September 1916.[4][5] She was baptized Roman Catholic on 17 November 1918.[3] The family moved back to Budapest in June 1920, when they first stayed with Indira's aunt before moving to the Margaret Island Grand Hotel on the Danube and then to India in January 1921.[6]
In 1929, during Indira's teens, the family moved to Paris, where they lived at first in Passy and then the more fashionable 11 Rue de Bassano, Place des États-Unis.[7] There she was accepted into the Alfred Cortot School of Music, where she trained in piano.[8]
Personal and family
In October 1937, shortly before Amrita's solo exhibition at Lahore, Indira married Kalyan Sundaram, with whom she had two children, Vivan and Navina Sundaram.[2][8]
