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Helen Chaman Lall - Wikipedia

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Helen Chaman Lall
Helen Chamanlal (1930s)
Born	Helen Ali Khan 1910 or 1912 Amritsar, India
Died	2003
Known for	Art collection Feature of a portrait by Amrita Sher-Gil

Helen Chaman Lall, sometimes spelled Helen Chamanlal and also known as Helen Lall (1910 or 1912 – 2003), was an Indian collector of art and jewellery, and the subject of a painting by Indian-Hungarian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.

Lall graduated in medicine, though never practiced. In 1936 she married the Indian politician and diplomat Diwan Chaman Lall. She spent her final years of life in England.

Early life and education

Helen (née Ali Khan) Chaman Lall, was born in 1910,^[1] or 1912 in Amritsar,^[2] to Badrul Islam Ali Khan, a Pathan aristocrat and barrister, and Violet Love, a British woman.^[1] Her sister was Leila (also known as Leela) Sikri, who married S. M. Sikri.^[3]^[4] Lall graduated in medicine in 1934, though never practiced.^[1]^[5]

Personal and family

In 1936, against her father's wishes, Lall married the Indian politician and diplomat Diwan Chaman Lall.^[1]^[6] They lived in Mashobra, and in 1939 they had a son, named Rahul.^[7]^[8] She was known for her collections of miniatures and jewellery, including Balwant Singh relaxing in front of a fireplace by Nainsukh of Guler.^[1]^[9]

The Indian-Hungarian artist Amrita Sher-Gil was a close friend of Lall.^[1] After her solo exhibition at Faletti's Hotel in Lahore, Sher-Gil stayed on at the hotel in January 1938 and painted Lall, and wrote to her parents "I have started on a head of Mrs. Chaman Lall for which I don't wish to charge them anything".^[10]^[11]^[12] The portrait was the only portrait and one of two paintings she completed in Lahore in the 1930s, the other being The Red Brick House.^[13] According to Sher-Gil's nephew Vivan Sundaram, the whereabouts of the painting is unknown.^[14]

When Sher-Gil died in December 1941, Lall was by her side.^[15] She later moved to England to be near her son.^[7]

Death

Lall spent her final years of life in England.^[7] She died in 2003.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Sundaram, pp. 214-215
^ "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957". www.ancestry.co.uk. 1946. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via ancestry.co.uk.
^ The States. India News and Feature Alliance. 1970. p. 23.
^ "The Raj through Indian Eyes: Rushes Tape 9 | colonialfilm". www.colonialfilm.org.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
^ "Diwan Chaman Lall". Whos Who. New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. 1958. p. 49.
^ Dalmia, p. 97
^ ^a ^b ^c Sundaram, p. 744
^ Hasan, Mushirul (1995). India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom. Lotus Collection. p. 226. ISBN 978-81-7436-013-7.
^ "Indar Pasricha Fine Arts | Indian & South Asian Art in London". www.indarpasricha.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
^ Sundaram, pp. 438–439
^ Dalmia, pp.103–104
^ Dalmia, Yashodhara (2014). "11. Charles Fabri; an iconoclastic vision". In Dalmia, Yashodhara (ed.). Amrita Sher-Gil: Art & Life : a reader. Oxford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-19-809886-7.
^ Aslam, Irfan (19 September 2022). "Amrita Sher-Gil's Apartment 23 and her last days in Lahore". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
^ Sundaram, p.807
^ Iqbal, N (1984). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Biography. Vikas. p. 111, 156, 170. ISBN 978-0-7069-2474-9.

Bibliography

Dalmia, Yashodhara (2013). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life. Gurugram: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-342026-2.
Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 1–417. ISBN 978-81-89487-59-1.
Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 2. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 418–821. ISBN 978-81-89487-59-1.

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