Amrita Sher-Gil
Amrita Sher-Gil was an eminent Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn towards painting since a young age, Sher-Gil started formal lessons in art at the age of eight.
The painting must have been created around 1930, while Amrita Sher-Gil was still a student of Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1930, Sher-Gil painted a portrait of friend and fellow student Boris Tazlilsky. The last name has been variously spelt by different scholars, but it could quite possible be that Madam Tachlitzky was related to Boris. During this early phase Sher-Gil adopted a certain realism in her portrayal and was excited about the handling of paint and building up the surface with pigment.
P.S. Amrita Sher-Gil is sometimes called India’s Frida Kahlo, check why here!