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English: Portrait of a Sikh woman, by the Sikh artist Lahora Singh [Lahora Singh 'Mussawar'], circa first half of the 20th century. Lahora Singh was born in 1865.

Description of Lahora Singh (taken from: [1])

Lahora Singh was a disciple of Moham-mad Bakhsh Musawar, father of Khalifa Imam-ud-din artist. In the beginning, Lahora Singh used to work in Gumti Bazar, then he shifted to Dabbi Bazar, Lahore. He had a disciple named Milkhi Ram. Milkhi Ram was a good artist. Both were equally good in Punjabi painting. Milkhi Ram has published numerous books in Urdu litho illustrated by him. Lahora Singh was disciple, so far as poetry is concerned, of Baba Hidiyatullah, resident in Mohallah Chabuk Sewaran, Lahore. He had written Heer-Ranjha in Punjabi language, which was illustrated by him. A complete set of Guru Nanak's life history by Lahora Singh is now preserved in the Museum of Punjab Government Archives, Patiala, which is clearly distinct in its own style. These paintings are monochromatic and are all didactic in nature. A lithograph section of ten Gurus was seen in the possession of Hakim Gurcharan Singh of Amritsar some few years ago.

Bonham's description:

Lot 237: A Sikh woman, by the artist Lahora Singh. Punjab, Lahore, first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas, signed lower left: PAINTED BY LAHORA SINGH, LAHORE

Dimensions: 38.5 x 26 cm.

Footnotes

The artist Lahora Singh worked in the famous artists' quarter of Lahore in Gumti Bazaar (along with Abdur Rehman Chughtai). At the time of Partition his studio was burned down during the disturbances, and most of his works were lost, making his paintings rare today.

He was commissioned by many of the Maharajahs of the time, and examples of his surviving paintings are in the Patiala Museum and in the private collections of the princely states, including Kapurthala.

Date circa first half of the 20th century
Source [2]
Author Lahora Singh

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