An Unlikely Success: S.G. Thakur Singh’s Journey and Artworks
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Growing up in Verka, a small, suburban village of Amritsar, S.G. Thakur Singh (1899-1976) had no formal introduction or training in the arts. Coming from a family of carpenters, it was unlikely that Thakur Singh would ever achieve fame and success as an artist, but fate ordained otherwise. His natural inclinations often took him to fields and farmlands, where he would recreate beautiful scenes of nature in his sketches. When he was ten years old, a kind art teacher at his school, Mian Muhammad Alam, noticed his talent, and took him under his wing. A few years later, Muhammad Alam secured the job of art director at a theater company in Bombay. He summoned his favourite student and apprentice to Bombay, after which there was no looking back for Thakur Singh.
An Unlikely Success: S.G. Thakur Singh’s Journey and Artworks
An Unlikely Success: S.G. Thakur Singh’s…
An Unlikely Success: S.G. Thakur Singh’s Journey and Artworks
Growing up in Verka, a small, suburban village of Amritsar, S.G. Thakur Singh (1899-1976) had no formal introduction or training in the arts. Coming from a family of carpenters, it was unlikely that Thakur Singh would ever achieve fame and success as an artist, but fate ordained otherwise. His natural inclinations often took him to fields and farmlands, where he would recreate beautiful scenes of nature in his sketches. When he was ten years old, a kind art teacher at his school, Mian Muhammad Alam, noticed his talent, and took him under his wing. A few years later, Muhammad Alam secured the job of art director at a theater company in Bombay. He summoned his favourite student and apprentice to Bombay, after which there was no looking back for Thakur Singh.