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M.F.HUSSAIN – PICASSO of Indian Artaqbool Fida Husain alias M.F.Hussain one of India's most gifted artists, is acomplished painter mostly famous for his paintings on Indian women and also for hbit of getting into controversies. With a career spanning several decades, thultifaceted artist has made signicant contributions in other elds also as a directo

hotographer and member of the Indian !arliament etc.

F. Hussain was born in !andharpur, Madhya !radesh on "eptember #$, #%#& tother unaib and father Fida. His mother died when he was three years old. Hther remarried and the family moved to Indore where he did his primary educatios association with painting began at an early age( he learnt the art of calligraphy anacticed the )ulc )hat with its geometric forms. He also learnt to write poetry. *t +ars of age he moved to Mumbai, determined to become an artist and -oined "ir . hool of *rts for one year.

#%/$, he started his career painting cinema hoardings for a livelihood. He had

ugh time initially, but as the earning got better he visited "urat, 0aroda anhmedabad to paint landscapes. He also tried his luc1 in other -obs and the best pab was at a toy factory, where he designed and built fretwor1 toys. In betweeussain got married to Fa2ila in the year #%3# and they had two daughters 4aisa anqueela and three sons, Mustafa, a restaurateur and "hamshad and 5wais, botinters themselves.

ussain's painting '"unhera "ansaar' at the#%3$ annual e6hibition of the 0ombay *ociety won an award and mar1ed his entry as a 1nown artist. In #%37, Francis 8ewtoou2ah invited him to -oin 0ombay !rogressive *rtists 9roup, a group formed t6plore a new idiom for Indian art. :his e6posed Hussain to the wor1s of ;mil 8oldd 5s1ar )o1osch1a and made a strong in<uence, which led him to ma1e sommar1able wor1s '4e 0etween :he "pider *nd :he =amp', 'ameen and Man' etc. Hen visited >elhi, where he encountered ancient Mathura sculpture and Indianiature paintings. :his was a turning point of his career as an artist as hsimilated ideas from Western and Indian art.Narrative paintings, executed in a

odi!ed Cu#ist st$%e. Hussain&s art invo%vedan a%tered Cu#ist st$%e, and incorporated

priordia% avenues of Indian $t'o%og$ andcu%ture. He fre(uent%$ dre) inspiration froepics suc' ast'e Ma'a#'arata and *aa$ana, andc'aracterised gods and goddesses inodernist st$%e.

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ten created art in a series with themes ofandhi, Mother :eresa, 4amayana,ahabharata, 0ritish ra-, and motifs of Indianban and rural life. He too1 di?erent

erspectives which were caustic and funny orrious and somber. Husain was Moslem,inted Hindu symbols and themes often1ed while leaving Muslims themes clothed.

elf e6ile in #%%@s because of #%$@sintings.

usain, who had the ambition to be more prolic than !icasso, described the act ointing as something close to transcription, the ongoing fullment of a need to puose interior visions down on canvas.

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r. Husain is an artist who painted Afreely and fran1ly,nd who re<ected a range of in<uences from around thorld from !ablo !icasso to eastern ;uropearchitecture to *frican poetryC

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