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Maqbool Fida Hussain (1915- 2011) was born at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. Popularly known as MF Hussain, he is one of India’s world famous painters. He learnt the art of calligraphy and the Kulfic Khat and wrote poetry at a young age. Studied art briefly, first at the Indore Art College and then at Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, where he worked on designing furniture and making toys as well as a billboard painter for cinema hoardings to sustain himself. It is this varied experience and rigor that endowed his work its special artistic oeuvre. There is a simplicity enshrined in the enigmatic style, vibrant colors and accessible imagery that this multi-faceted and special individual created in bold and quick brush strokes.

Maqbool Fida Hussain (1915- 2011) was born at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. Popularly known as MF Hussain, he is one of India’s world famous painters. He learnt the art of calligraphy and the Kulfic Khat and wrote poetry at a young age. Studied art briefly, first at the Indore Art College and then at Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, where he worked on designing furniture and making toys as well as a billboard painter for cinema hoardings to sustain himself. It is this varied experience and rigor that endowed his work its special artistic oeuvre. There is a simplicity enshrined in the enigmatic style, vibrant colors and accessible imagery that this multi-faceted and special individual created in bold and quick brush strokes. Well grounded in the traditional roots and fiercely open to the contemporary, external or experimental, his masterpiece creations about life, society and the world around – people, nudes, horses, Mother Teresa, religious icons, landscapes and other forms of imagery, all assume a distinct and luminous representation even though their faces bear no features! His enormous body of work also includes series of paintings on the British Raj, on the cities of Calcutta, Benares, Rome and Beijing, Epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana, religions of the world and his favourite Bollywood stars. His repertoire also includes murals, portraits, photographs, design work and film direction including ‘Through the Eyes of a Painter’, ‘Gaja Gamini’ and ‘Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities’ the former winning the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Invited to Sao Paulo Biennial along with Pablo Picasso, his work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and seminal art expositions all over the country and the world. Honoured as Padma Vibhushan by the President of India amongst other awards, he was also a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. His work can be seen at significant collections including Ebrahim Alkazi and NGMA Delhi, Jehangir Nicholson Mumbai, Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Museum in Japan and Chester and Davida Herwtiz in USA. With homes and studio in several cities, Hussain lived his last few years in exile, shuttling between Dubai and London.

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