Srimati Lal

Srimati Lal
Born
Srimati Priyadarshini Lal

1959
Died2019 (aged 5960)
Known forPainting, Poetry
Notable work"The Window", "Flowers for my Father"
MovementNaïve art
Spouse
Jit Kumar
(m. 2008)
Partner(s)F. N. Souza
(1993–2002)
FatherPurushottama Lal
Relatives
Websitesrimatilal.com

Srimati Priyadarshini Lal (1959 – 2019) was an Indian artist, poet, writer, art critic, art authenticator and curator. She held over twenty exhibitions of her work internationally. She was the author of three books of poetry: The Window (Writers Workshop, 1986), Six Poems (London, 1997) and The Warriors: I Guerrieri, published in English and Italian (London, 2006). Srimati Lal also wrote about F. N. Souza and India's Contemporary Art Movement for the volume Culture, Society and Development in India (2009). She published an anthology of Indo-Anglian writers dedicated to Purushottama Lal, Flowers For My Father: Tributes to P. Lal (2011).