Mf hussain biography in marathi

Maqbool Fida Husain is one of the greatest modern painters of India. Known to finish a work in one sitting, Husain's lines were drawn directly with a paintbrush, making no room for error once applied. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists’ Group, which formed in 1947 and looked to combine influences from Indian history with the European avant-garde, a synthesis that is evident in Husain’s paintings.

In 1948, Husain visited the India Independence Exhibition with Francis Newton Souza and was struck by the classical Indian sculptures and traditional miniature paintings from the Rajput and Pahari courts. The artist describes the influence the exhibition was to have on his work "...it was humbling. I came back to Bombay and in '48, I came out with five paintings, which was the turning point in my life. That was the breaking point... to come out of the influence of the British academic painting and the Bengal Revivalist School." (Husain quoted in The Illustrated Weekly of

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Of the many homes where MF Husain lived

On the eve of his 99th birth anniversary, Mirror remembers artist MF Husain on a walk from his first residence to his last, with journalist-filmmaker Khalid Mohamed
Armed with a paint brush and palette, the late Maqbool Fida Husain went wherever his fancy took him. Born in 1913 in Pandharpur, a tiny by of Maharashtra, Husain studied at a school in Indore before he arrived in Mumbai in the mid-1930s, carrying with him dreams of becoming an artist.Then 19, Husain lived on pavements of the notorious Peela House, and earned a living making billboards.
Later, he moved to the nearby Badar Bagh, where he lived for 15 years with a family of six in a tiny room. In the 1960s, he changed his address from Mahim to Mumbai huvud.
In 1972, the residence moved further south to the plush Cuffe Parade; the same residence that was reportedly attacked bygd Bajrang lågland members in 1998. A series of cases alleging the obscene depiction of Hindu goddesses

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M. F. Husain -- The Artist Who Embraced the World and Lost His Home

mf husain The arTisT who embraced The world and losT his home Coinciding with a V&A exhibition of works by MF Husain, Susan S Bean tells the uplifting and ultimately tragic story of the Indian painter who succeeded in marrying modernism and his country’s traditions and breaking down the barriers to achieve international recognition Above: MF Husain, Three Dynasties, 2008–2011. Courtesy Mrs Usha Mittal © Victoria and Albert Museum, London V&A MAGAZINE SUMMER 2014 V&A MAGAZINE SUMMER 2014 56 57 mf husain T he painter MF Husain is a name to be reckoned with in the annals of post-war art. A seminal force in India’s art movement, his fresh take on igurative painting startled the country’s old guard, but rapidly gained inluential admirers. His Zameen (The Land) won the irst National Award in 1955 and stands as a milestone in marrying modernist form and traditional composition. A monumental work, laid out li