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Google Vividly Honours MF Husain on His 100th Birthday
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of one of India's most renowned and multifaceted artists, Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away on June 9th, 2011, at the age of 95.
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I will paint Husain with my blood, says Chennai-based painter
M F Husain's demise has spread gloom over the artist community, however, some feel it's not the time for grief alone. Chennai-based painter and sculptor Shihan Hussaini believes the country owes the late artist an apology and has decided to pay homage to him in his own special way. "We owe him an apology. No efforts were made to bring him back to t...
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Maqbool Fida Husain, India's most famous painter, dies at 95
Maqbool Fida Husain, an artist whose modernist reinterpretations of mythic and religious subjects made him India's most famous painter and, in recent years, a target of right-wing Hindu groups, died on Thursday in London. He was 95. Mr Husain, who developed his sweeping brushstrokes and bright palette when he painted movie billboards in Mumbai, app...
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M F Husain - an artist who courted fame and controversy
Ebullient and eccentric at the same time, barefoot painter Maqbool Fida Husain took Indian art to the global stage with his cubist-inspired modern art but was riled in controversy with his paintings on Hindu deities.Synonymous with contemporary Indian art, the painter was described as the 'Pablo Picasso' of India by Forbes magazine.Born on Septembe...
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Artist MF Husain dies in London
Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known artists, died from complications caused by lung congestion at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London at 2:30 am local time on Thursday. He was 96. (In Pics: Husain, 'India's Picasso') Mr Husain had been in indifferent health for over a month, reported PTI quoting family sources.Prime Minister ...
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Artist and legend MF Husain dies in London
Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known artists, died of a heart attack at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London at 2:30 am local time on Thursday. He was 96. (In Pics: Husain, 'India's Picasso') Mr Husain had been in indifferent health for over a month, reported PTI quoting family sources.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Mr Husain...
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Google Vividly Honours MF Husain on His 100th Birthday
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of one of India's most renowned and multifaceted artists, Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away on June 9th, 2011, at the age of 95.
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I will paint Husain with my blood, says Chennai-based painter
M F Husain's demise has spread gloom over the artist community, however, some feel it's not the time for grief alone. Chennai-based painter and sculptor Shihan Hussaini believes the country owes the late artist an apology and has decided to pay homage to him in his own special way. "We owe him an apology. No efforts were made to bring him back to t...
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Maqbool Fida Husain, India's most famous painter, dies at 95
Maqbool Fida Husain, an artist whose modernist reinterpretations of mythic and religious subjects made him India's most famous painter and, in recent years, a target of right-wing Hindu groups, died on Thursday in London. He was 95. Mr Husain, who developed his sweeping brushstrokes and bright palette when he painted movie billboards in Mumbai, app...
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M F Husain - an artist who courted fame and controversy
Ebullient and eccentric at the same time, barefoot painter Maqbool Fida Husain took Indian art to the global stage with his cubist-inspired modern art but was riled in controversy with his paintings on Hindu deities.Synonymous with contemporary Indian art, the painter was described as the 'Pablo Picasso' of India by Forbes magazine.Born on Septembe...
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Artist MF Husain dies in London
Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known artists, died from complications caused by lung congestion at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London at 2:30 am local time on Thursday. He was 96. (In Pics: Husain, 'India's Picasso') Mr Husain had been in indifferent health for over a month, reported PTI quoting family sources.Prime Minister ...
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Artist and legend MF Husain dies in London
Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known artists, died of a heart attack at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London at 2:30 am local time on Thursday. He was 96. (In Pics: Husain, 'India's Picasso') Mr Husain had been in indifferent health for over a month, reported PTI quoting family sources.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Mr Husain...
