Artist Arpana Caur Paintings | Biography | WAA

Arpana Caur was born in 1954, in Delhi. She comes from a Sikh family who fled the Pakistani West Punjab to the Republic of India in 1947 during the confusion over the partition of British India. Her mother Ajit Kaur is a writer who writes in Panjabi. Kaur or Caur is a religious surname worn by all female Sikhs. She has not had her first name Arpana since her birth, but she adopted it at the age of fifteen, as an expression of a personal development process. Her exposure to art, music and literature happened early in her life. She learnt the Sitar, wrote poetry but enjoyed painting the most. At the age of nine, she made her first oil painting, 'Mother & Daughter' inspired by the works of Amrita Shergil. Arpana graduated from the University of Delhi with a Master of Arts degree in Literature. She never received formal training in painting, and was largely self taught. She proceeded to receive training in the etching technique at the Garhi Studios in New Delhi, completing it in 1982. Arpana Caur's paintings were shaped by the events and situations around her. Her mother's strong influence on her extended into her works, where the 'woman' often occupies a central focus. Her works are also inspired by Pahari miniatures (hill-paintings), Punjabi literature, and Indian folk art. 'Spirituality' , and 'Time' are recurring themes in her works. In the 1990s, Caur created a series of collaborations with Indian folk artists from the indigenous ethnic groups of Warli and Godna, who lived in the Madhubani region of the Indian state of Bihar. She remains to be one of the first contemporary artists to have collaborated with folk artisans. In 1994 she was commissioned a large work by the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art to create a mural to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombings. She was honours, "All India Fine Arts Society Award" in 1985, Gold Medal at 6th India Triennale 1986, awarded by the Lalit Kala Akademi. #WorldArtsAndArtists #ArtistArpanaCaur #Paintings #Biography --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us : [email protected] fb.me/worldartsandartists +91 9840 607646 @whatsapp --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertising Partner: Are you interested to learn drawing and painting professionally For More Details : 9944 341 414 / http://www.dessinacademy.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------