Maqbool Fida Husain, known as M F Husain, was in the news more for
the controversies created due to some of the paintings. Born in
M F Husain's art is fascinating and his
canvases are impressive. And it is no wonder that he was called as Picasso
of India. In fact, he was originally influenced by the great
German painter Emil Nolde. He had got much inspiration from Austrian
artists Oskar Kokoschka: both of these artists were well-known expressionists
painters.
The career graph of M F Husain
With having all the colours of a rainbow in
his personality, M. F. Hussain was a mysterious person even for those who lived
near to him. He was a painter, a photographer, a film producer and a member of the parliament of India.
Experimenting was his habit and rejoicing the
art of painting was his natural temperament. From his early career, he started
using the subjects of mythological themes.
His paintings are believed to capture the
very beautiful mythological events onto canvases. Starting his career
doing film posters, he would become known as an artist in the 1940s and 50s.
He was a leading member of the group known as
Progressive Artists’ Group formed by another well-known Indian artist, Frances
Newton Souza. This was a progressive group where the artists tried to go away
from the old Indian tradition of painting, mainly influenced by the Bengal
School of Painting.
M F Husain was an expressionist and his
favourite subjects were women and horses. He tried depicting many other
subjects painted with his outspoken brushstrokes and speaking colours.
M F. Husain was nominated in Upper house of
Parliament in
Undoubtedly, MF Husain was India's best known
contemporary painter. He died in London on June 9, 2011. On his death, the
art lovers of the world in general and the Indian people, in
particular, should grieve for two reasons.
Firstly, it was so because even at the age of
95, he was very much active. Had lots of painting left in him, even many of
them are incomplete.
Secondly, such a great painter had died in exile. He was always unhappy with the way he was treated. [By Ayaz360 at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia by SreeBot) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ]
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