The Vina Player
| The Vina Player | |
|---|---|
A woman playing Veena to another woman | |
| Artist | Amrita Sher-Gil |
| Year | 1937 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Subject | Veena, women |
| Location | Lahore Museum, Lahore, Pakistan |
The Vina Player (1937) is an oil on canvas painting by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil. It was number five of her 33 paintings displayed at her solo exhibition in the ballroom at Faletti's Hotel in Lahore, British India, held from 21 to 27 November 1937. Sher-Gil's mother's favourite, it was initially not for sale, but then acquired by the Lahore Museum, through the encouragement of art critic Charles Fabri and the then museum's curator K. N. Sitaram.