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{{Short description|Sikh artist}}

{{Infobox artist
| name = Ishar Singh
| image = Portrait of the Sikh artist Ishar Singh, signed by M. B., circa early 20th century.jpg
| style = [[Sikh art|Sikh School]]
| children =
| honorific_prefix = Mahant
| honorific_suffix = Mussawar
| caption = Portrait of the Sikh artist Ishar Singh, signed by M. B., circa early 20th century<ref>{{cite web |title=Lot 340: A portrait of the Sikh artist Ishar Singh (1860-1910) |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26590/lot/340/a-portrait-of-the-sikh-artist-ishar-singh-1860-1910-european-school-signed-by-m-b-early-20th-century/ |website=Bonhams |access-date=13 October 2024 |date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = 1860
| death_date = ca.1910
}}

'''Ishar Singh''' (1860–ca.1910), also known as '''Ishar Singh Naqqash''' or '''Ishar Singh Mahant''', was a [[Sikh art]]ist.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mārg̲ |publisher=Marg Publications |year=1976 |volume=30 |pages=56}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kang |first=Kanwarjit Singh |title=Punjab: Art and Culture |publisher=Atma Ram & Sons |year=1988 |isbn=9788170430964 |pages=}}</ref>{{Rp|page=xxi}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Narula |first=S. S. |title=Aspects of Punjabi Culture |publisher=Department of Development of Punjabi Language, Punjabi University |year=1995 |pages=99}}</ref> Ishar Singh was born in 1860 and his father was Bhai Ram Singh ''Mussawar''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Musarrat |title=Painting in the Punjab Plains: 1849-1949 |publisher=Ferozsons |year=1998 |isbn=9789690014269 |pages=131, 146}}</ref> Ishar Singh specialized in the [[Kangra painting|Kangra-style]] and also carried-out [[mural]] work.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aryan |first=K. C. |title=Unknown Pahari Wall Paintings in North India |publisher=Rekha Prakashan |year=1990 |isbn=9788190000369 |pages=31–33}}</ref> He was one of the artists named in a list prepared by Hari Singh of the known artists who had worked in the Harmandir Sahib complex of Amritsar.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=62}} He had adopted the style of [[Kehar Singh (artist)|Kehar Singh]] and carried-out decoration work on the Darshani Deori structure of the complex.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Arshi |first=Pardeep Singh |title=The Golden Temple: History, Art, and Architecture |publisher=Harman Publishing House |year=1989 |isbn=9788185151250 |pages=78}}</ref> Furthermore, Ishar Singh decorated the edifices of Gurdwara Shahidan in Amritsar and other shrines, including Hindu temples in Amritsar.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:19th-century Indian male artists]]
[[Category:1860 births]]
[[Category:1910 deaths]]

[[Category:Year of death uncertain]]

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