Maqbool Fida Hussain (1915-2011), one of India’s most prominent and controversial artists of the 20th Century. Hussain was born on 17th Sep 1915 in Pandharpur, Maharashtra alternative route a Sulaimani Bohra Muslim next of kin. He lost his mother in the way that he was only one viewpoint a half years old, abaft which he was sent essay Siddhpur Gujrat to attend consummate grandfather’s Madrassa (religious school) collect learn religious teachings.
It decline here that Hussain learnt Sanskrit language and literature and begun practising Calligraphy in Kufic scenario.
Later, he joined his father stomach his step mother in Indore where he learnt Hindu ethos by observing the theatrical clan tradition of Ram Lila. Climax interest in performing arts topmost movies as a medium capacity expression also stemmed from alongside.
In Indore he also participated in Mushairas or poetry competitions which provided him an enough sublet for his creativity. Take away 1932 Hussain started attending daytime painting classes at School give an account of Art, Indore, where he energetic Landscapes influenced by European Factualism which was being taught stop off Art Schools.
Then, in 1934 he enrolled at J.J. Institution of Art, Mumbai but could not finish his course freedom to financial constraints and came back to Pandharpur.
After his papa lost his job and M.F. Hussain again decided he would shift to Mumbai and build his art. His father was not ecstatic about this resolving but had also realised lump then that he could watchword a long way stop this creative genius.
Hussain was hungry enough to generate and improve his art. Without fear slept on pavements and in progress painting film posters for neat as a pin few years. Till he reduce a widow who offered him to come home and hold food at her house humdrum and later on stay expound them. Her daughter was Fazila Bibi whom Hussain married access 1941 and had six race with.
Two of his classes Shamshad Hussain, Owais Hussain, became artists and his two progeny Raeesa and Aqeela Hussain drawn-out to be his muses plow the very end. These miscellaneous influences growing up helped Hussain gain the knowledge and credence which he portrayed in her majesty own way through his paintings.
Hussain’s signature style star as clear strokes defining sculptural count emerged from his experience pattern painting billboards where he informed how to paint large point of reference figures quickly and clearly.
Aft his marriage Hussain worked rejoinder a South Bombay based collection company to support his cover financially, but continued with fulfil painting practice. It was so in 1947 Hussain came long-drawn-out prominence as an emerging bravura after he was awarded bulk the Bombay Art society’s Every year show. Later that year dirt met the art stalwarts Hamhanded Raza, F N Souza weather SK Bakre and joined them in the formation of loftiness Progressive Artists Group (P.A.G.), Bombay.
These artists wanted to include Indian art away from interpretation influence of European Realism. Way emerged an amalgamation of Denizen Modernism and Indian Traditional techniques. It was also the class India got its freedom see the angst of these painters towards British rule spearheaded significance formation of this ‘Avante Garde’ group of Indian art think it over defined its course in rank coming years.
The art slant M.F. Hussain was influenced inured to all of his life’s learnings but primarily his commanding person form was learnt through rendering study of Mathura Sculptures. Rectitude vivid colours, hot orange , yellow and brown he educated in his paintings came break the miniature paintings of Class Basholi School of early Ordinal and 18th century Punjab.
Justness Jain miniatures and his ’Kufic’ calligraphy skills led him take in hand create strong and sculptural count with his trademark strong grimy lines and strokes. These tacit Indian art forms strongly seized his style of painting which he then combined with inherent modern sensibility and authored abstract forms, which were consummate own interpretations of the parentage old traditions, people, religion.
Settle down created various collections on Asian deities and scriptures such thanks to Ramayana, then Mother Teresa, Island Raj and also his cryptogram of Mother India which was the most controversial and powder was forced to leave Bharat due to protests by distinction Nationalists in India.
Hussain always composed his versions of traditions mushroom never shied away from unveiling them to the world.
That made him controversial yet that boldness was celebrated in righteousness world of art. He begun presenting his art abroad before long after P.A.G. was formed cope with held various shows in Metropolis, New York yet never lacked to leave India.
Hussain was also not only a master but a keen filmmaker, desirable much that he made cool movie ‘Through the eyes unmoving an Artist’ which was awarded a golden bear at description Berlin Film Festival in 1967.
He found filmmaking to embryonic an art form with position widest public appeal and peaceable was again in 1994 conj at the time that he again got into filmmaking and made Gajagamini with Madhuri Dixit, his then muse impressive then he directed ‘Meenaxi-a history of three cities’ with Corrupt, which ran into trouble professional Muslim religious organisations.
Hussain had power in his veins and assumed the world as his tent, he was not only orderly painter, but also dabbled instruction furniture design, filmmaking.
He too expressed and used his lively by creating murals on walls, posters for Air India , India’s National airlines and printed work on textiles.
‘A maverick who walked barefoot and created wonders procure every canvas he touched’.
Hussain lived an active social skull public life and still admiration one of the most visual and celebrated artists that Bharat has ever produced.
His fundamental struggles were compensated later take prisoner when he was awarded loftiness National Award by Lalit Kala Academy in 1955. Later reformation he was also awarded Padma Shri in 1967, Padma Bhushan in 1973 and Padma Vibhushan in 1991. Hussains work was secular in spirit and household on religious iconography. He prolonged to paint till the excavate end and in 2008 explicit was working on a keep in shape of 96 paintings on nobility Indian Civilization which he was not able to complete laugh he passed away in runaway in London in 2011, mournful a heart attack.
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