Mumbai: The girl holding the lamp in the celebrated painting ‘Glow of Hope,' also known as the ‘Woman With The Lamp,' has died at 102. Gita Uplekar died at her daughter's house in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra on Tuesday evening after a brief illness, family sources said.
The painting, a watercolour masterpiece by S.L. Haldankar, is now housed in the Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery at the Jaganmohan Palace in Mysuru. It is one of the most prized possessions as well as a major attraction at the gallery. It was painted in 1945-46, almost seven decades ago, but yet holds the same amount of fascination for art lovers all over the country as then.
