Srimati Lal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Srimati Lal 1959 |
| Died | 2019 |
| Known for | Painting, Poetry |
| Notable work | "The Window", "Flowers for my Father" |
| Movement | Naïve art |
| Spouse |
Jit Kumar (m. 2008) |
| Partner | Francis Newton Souza (1993-2002) |
| Parent(s) | Purushottama Lal Shyamasree Devi |
| Relatives | Ananda Lal (brother) Kalidas Nag (maternal grandfather) |
| Website | srimatilal |
Srimati Priyadarshini Lal (1959-2019) was an Indian artist, poet, writer, art critic, art authenticator and curator. She held over twenty exhibitions of her work internationally.[1]
She was the author of three books of poetry: The Window (Writers Workshop, 1986),[2] Six Poems (London, 1997)[2] and The Warriors: I Guerrieri, published in English and Italian (London, 2006).[1] Srimati Lal also wrote about F. N. Souza and India's Contemporary Art Movement for the volume Culture, Society and Development in India (2009).[3] She published an anthology of Indo-Anglian writers dedicated to Purushottama Lal, Flowers For My Father: Tributes to P. Lal (2011).[4]