M. F. Husain

Key facts

Born

17 September 1915, Pandharpur

Died

9 June 2011, London

State of birth

Pandharpur, Maharashtra

Sector

Art & culture

Profession

Indian artist (1915–2011)

Gender

Male

Biography

Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, Husain is associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after the partition of 1947. His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—included topics as diverse as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British Raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. In September 2020, his painting titled Voices, auctioned for a record $2.5 million.

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Timeline

1. 1915Born in Pandharpur
2. 1973Awarded the Padma Bhushan
3. 2011Awarded the Index Award
4. 2011Dies in London