M. F. Husain
Painting, Visual Artist
1915 – 2011
Who was M. F. Husain?
Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF Husain, was an Indian-Qatari painter and Film Director.
Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. 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—include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. One of the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artists of the 20th century, he also received recognition as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1915
Pandharpur - Also known as
- M.F. Hussain
- Maqbool Fida Hussain
- The Picasso of India
- MF
- MF Husain
- Maqbul Fida Husain
- Spouses
- Fazila Bibi
( - 2011/06/09)
- Fazila Bibi
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
- Lived in
- Indore
- Pandharpur
- Died
- Jun 9, 2011
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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