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M. F. Husain
Helping define Indian modernist painting through bold narrative images.
Horses · Through the Eyes of a Painter
- Born
- 17 September 1915
- Birthplace
- Pandharpur, India
- Died
- 9 June 2011
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M. F. Husain
M. F. Husain was an Indian artist and filmmaker whose paintings ranged across mythology, history, horses and contemporary life.
Early life
Early work
Painted cinema billboards and worked in commercial art.
Mumbai
Built his artistic career in the city’s developing modernist circles.
Career
- 1940s
Progressive Artists’ Group
Joined the movement for a new Indian modernism.
- 1950s–1990s
Major exhibitions
Developed widely recognised paintings and series.
- 2006–2011
Exile
Lived abroad amid threats and legal disputes over his paintings.
Selected work
Horses
Used forceful lines and movement across many works.
Through the Eyes of a Painter
Made an award-winning experimental short film.
Gaja Gamini
Directed a feature exploring art and the female figure.
Beyond work
Citizenship
Accepted Qatari citizenship in 2010.
Artistic freedom
Attacks on his work made his later life part of debates over expression and religious offence.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Ayaz360. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
