| Medium | : | Oil |
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| Height | : | 12 inch / 30.5 cm |
| Width | : | 14.5 inch / 36.8 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 36.8 cm × H: 30.5 cm |
| Year | : | 1716 |
A tender portrayal of a woman and a green parrot set against a golden backdrop, this painting beautifully expresses themes of home, connection, and quiet reflection. A soulful and symbolic piece that adds warmth and character to any collection.
Gurucharan Singh | Untitled-III | Oil on Canvas | 12 x 14.5 inches
This intimate and poetic composition captures a quiet moment between a young woman and a vibrant green parrot resting gently on her hand. Her gaze is soft yet searching, as if she is listening—to the bird, to her thoughts, or perhaps to something deeper within. The warm yellow background bathes the scene in light, creating a sense of calm and quiet introspection.
Behind her, a cluster of small houses rises almost like memories stacked together—symbolizing home, belonging, and lived experiences. The parrot, with its bright green wings and striking red beak, brings a sense of vitality and freedom to the composition. It feels like a messenger—of hope, companionship, or untold stories.
The artist’s strong outlines and delicate shading give the painting a folk-inspired charm while retaining emotional sophistication. There is a beautiful balance between stillness and life: the woman’s composed expression contrasts with the bird’s alert energy. Together, they create a narrative of connection—between human and nature, silence and voice, rootedness and flight.
Perfect for collectors who appreciate storytelling in figurative art, this work brings warmth, intimacy, and symbolic depth to any space.
Born 1949, Patiala, Punjab
Gurcharan Singh is a distinguished Indian artist known for his deeply humanistic and visually rich portrayals of everyday life in India. A graduate of the Government College of Arts and Craft, Chandigarh (1973), Singh has spent over five decades developing a distinctive figurative style rooted in memory, observation, and a profound empathy for the marginalised. His paintings are populated by street performers, vendors, women, children, animals, and mythic figures, brought together in layered compositions that reflect the simultaneity of the sacred and the secular in Indian life.
Singh’s practice blends elements of Indian miniature painting, folk traditions, and modernist aesthetics, marked by strong contours, flattened perspective, and a vibrant palette. His works collapse time and space, weaving together fragments of personal memory and social history into tableaux that feel both intimate and collective. While his visual language is grounded in Indian urban and rural landscapes, it speaks to universal themes of displacement, labour, ritual, and belonging.
Over the years, Singh has held numerous solo exhibitions in India and abroad, including at venues in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Paris, London, Hamilton (Canada), and Seoul. He has represented India at major international platforms such as the Tokyo Biennale (1984), Seoul Contemporary Art Asian Shows (1986), and the Festival of India in the USSR (1987). His works are held in prominent collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Museum of Non-Aligned Countries, Yugoslavia; National Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi; Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; and several public and private collections across the globe.
As the artist himself notes, “Art for me is an expression… Though to the common eye it may appear familiar, in truth, this is my world made visible from the invisible.” Gurcharan Singh’s work continues to stand as a quiet but powerful testament to the dignity of everyday life, rendered with compassion, nuance, and formal mastery.
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