ICONIC ARTIST's 100th BIRTHDAY :-)

Who is Husain? 

"Master of Modern Indian Painting"

Maqbool Fida Husain, known as M.F. Husain (1915-2011), was one of India’s most eminent artists. Born in Pandharpur, his early years were spent in Indore. Husain began his career as a painter of cinema hoardings after attending art school in Bombay (now Mumbai). Using freehand drawing and vibrant colour, he depicted Indian subject matter in the style of contemporary European art movements, particularly Cubism.

"The 100th birth anniversary of Maqbool Fida Husain today, however, will pass by sedately if not silently".

Language of Stone

‘How the language of stone surpasses the language of man.’ Husain uses the words of the poet Rabindranath Tagore to pay tribute to India’s great sculptural heritage. To him, they are a collection of ‘poems in stone’.