Ishar Singh | |
Style: | Sikh School |
Honorific Prefix: | Mahant |
Honorific Suffix: | Mussawar |
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 artist.[1] [2] [3] Ishar Singh was born in 1860 and his father was Bhai Ram Singh Mussawar.[4] Ishar Singh specialized in the Kangra-style and also carried-out mural work.[5] 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. He had adopted the style of Kehar Singh and carried-out decoration work on the Darshani Deori structure of the complex.[6] Furthermore, Ishar Singh decorated the edifices of Gurdwara Shahidan in Amritsar and other shrines, including Hindu temples in Amritsar.