Indian artist of Hungarian descent commemorated in Delhi – PHOTOS

On 10 August, the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi in collaboration with the University of Delhi presented its “Colour is my Domain” event to commemorate the 110th birth anniversary of the Hungary-born contemporary painter/artist, Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941).

”Amrita Sher-Gil’s Art – in the Reflection of Poems, Music and the Letters of the Artist” is a compilation by Hungarian poet and author, Gábor Lanczkor. He curated the event based on his poems about Amrita Sher-Gil and letters by the late artist.

The function was presided over by Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, while Dr. Margit Köves, Visiting Assistant Professor of Hungarian Language, University of Delhi served as the event moderator.

Several selected poems were recited by the Hungarian poet, Gábor Lanczkor, followed by extracts from Amrita Sher-Gil’s letters presented by Ms. Aruna Chaudhary, a Hungarian language student at the University of Delhi.
The audience also had the chance to enjoy an enchanting repertoire of musical intermezzos performed by Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis on European flute – pieces by great Hungarian and French contemporaries of Amrita.

Gábor Lanczkor is an award-winning Hungarian author with sixteen published books: novels, poetry volumes, essays and children’s books. He is the editor-in-chief of the Hungarian Online World Literature magazine. His wife, Krisztina Lanczkor-Kocsis, is an outstanding international flutist.

The event was exceptionally well-received by the students, professors and the selected audience.

Source: Gopalan Rajamani, guest author