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| artist = [[Sawlaram Haldankar]]
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| subject = Gita Haldankar (now Smt. Gita Krishnakant Uplekar)
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'''''Glow of Hope''''', alternately titled "''Woman With the Lamp''", is a [[painting]] by [[Sawlaram Haldankar|S.L. Haldankar]]. The work was painted 1945–46 and is currently stored in the ''Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery'' at the [[Jaganmohan Palace]] in [[Mysore]], [[India]].<ref name="hindu1">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/11/stories/2004101102700300.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103222635/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/11/stories/2004101102700300.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=3 November 2004
|title=Priceless souvenirs of Mysore Dasara
|last=Kumar
|first=R. Krishna
|date=11 October 2004
|work=[[The Hindu]]
|accessdate=2009-03-15}}</ref> The painting is currently on display on the second floor of the museum, in an enclave with a curtained window. The enclave is normally darkened, which highlights the subtlety of the glowing brass lamp in the piece. When the light is turned on, the painting reveals remarkably subtle shades of pink and lavender in the woman's sari. Opening the enclave's curtain leads to yet another distinct view of the painting, the natural light exposing even more subtle gradations and details.

The [[painting]] shows an Indian woman holding a lighted lamp in one hand, the other hand covering the light of the lamp from the front. The woman is in a simple and traditional Indian [[saree]]. The effect of the painting is heightened by the shadow of the woman in the back.

The painting is housed in a special room at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery. It is displayed in an enclave with a curtained window. The enclave is normally darkened, which highlights the subtlety of the glowing lamp in the painting. One can see in the dark the hand which is covering the candle — which is the only thing that is giving out light — is glowing very bright red, seems that it is authentic ;her hand really seems to be glowing due to the lamp's light.

The woman who is holding the covered lamp is Gita Haldankar (later Smt. Gita Krishnakant Uplekar), the third daughter of the artist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6E8GFTizc The woman who is holding the lamp]</ref> At her death on October 2nd, 2018, she lived in Kolhapur City of Maharashtra State. On 2 February 2017 she turned 100.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rakesh Mishra|first1=Garima|title=The lady of ‘Lady With The Lamp’ turns 100 today|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/the-lady-of-lady-with-the-lamp-turns-100-today-4503512/|accessdate=31 March 2017|issue=2 February 2017|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref> She had four daughters and one son (Meena Shertukade, Lali Akojwar, Jyoti Shah, (Sandhya) Sonali Punatar, and Rajprakash Uplekar). The young woman had to stay in the perpetual position for three hours continuously. Furthermore, he made this portrait with [[watercolours]]. He used this as his medium because he wanted to show the world that he could make a painting without a single mistake, unlike the oil paint which can be corrected using white paint. The painting is mimetic in approach, with no deliberate distortions.

==References==
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==Citations==
* [http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/How-a-woman-with-a-lamp-turned-a-plain-canvas-into-a-masterpiece/articleshow/50033938.cms How a woman with a lamp turned a plain canvas into a masterpiece] by Kushala S, ''Bangalore Mirror'', 4 December 2015

[[Category:Indian paintings]]
[[Category:1946 paintings]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Mysore]]

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