Identify the correct statements about Amrita Sher-Gil from the following options.

A. Amrita Sheer-Gil was half Hungarian and half Indian
B. She was trained in Canada
C. She was influenced by Paul Klee
D. Haldi Binder is the famous painting of Amrita Sher-Gil
E. Amrita assimilated miniature traditions of Indian art with European modernism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A and E only

The correct answer is Option (4) → A and E only

Given statements about Amrita Sher-Gil:

A. Amrita Sheer-Gil was half Hungarian and half Indian (Correct)
B. She was trained in Canada
C. She was influenced by Paul Klee
D. Haldi Binder is the famous painting of Amrita Sher-Gil
E. Amrita assimilated miniature traditions of Indian art with European modernism (Correct)

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), half Hungarian and half Indian, emerges as a unique female artist, who contributed immensely to modern Indian art through the 1930s. Unlike others, she was trained in Paris and had a first-hand experience in European modern art trends, such as Impressionism and post–Impressionism. After deciding to make India her base, she worked to develop art with Indian themes and images. Amrita Sher-Gil assimilated miniature and mural traditions of Indian art with European modernism. She died young, leaving behind a remarkable body of work, which is important for its experimental spirit and the impact it left on the next generation of Indian modernists.

Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder in 1940. This was the time when she was seeking inspiration from India’s idyllic rural scene. Such a scene, depicting Indian women busy in a traditional activity of grinding dry turmeric, had to be painted in Indian style. It is not surprising that she used bright, saturated pigments to paint this work. Given her training in modern art in Europe, she was quick to see parallels between miniature traditions of north India and modern art of Paul Gaugin, an artist she admired. This is evident in the way she has placed bright colour patches close to each other and created shapes of figures by colour contrast and not outline. Such a style of painting reminds us of, as for instance, the Basohli paintings from north India. The women and trees are painted as flat shapes. Sher-Gil is not interested in creating any depth in the landscape and prefers a semi-abstract pattern as a modern artist.