Amrita Sher-Gil

Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her oil painting titled Young Girls (1932). Sher-Gil depicted everyday life of the people in her paintings.
She broke stereotypes both as a woman and as an artist. Her paintings continue to break auction records, the most recent being at the Sotheby's auction in New York in 2015.