Marie Antoinette Gottesman

Marie Antoinette Gottesman (4 February 1881–1948) was a Hungarian socialite, opera singer, sister of Ervin Baktay, wife of Umrao Singh Sher-Gil and mother of the artist Amrita Sher-Gil and her sister Indira Sundaram.

Personal life She married Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, an Indian Jat Sikh aristocrat and scholar from the Majithia family, in 1912. The couple had two daughters, Amrita Sher-Gil, a visual artist, and Indira Sundaram (née Sher-Gil).

Marie was affected deeply by her daughter Amrita's death in 1941. She believed Amrita's husband, Viktor Egan, was indirectly responsible. Marie committed suicide in 1948.