Sep 17, 2015
M.F. Husain’s 100th Birthday
Today's Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of one of India's most renowned and multifaceted artists, M.F. Husain, who passed away June 9th, 2011, at the age of 95.
Maqbool Fida Husain, commonly known as M.F. Husain, has been called
"The Picasso of India.” This was partly due to his modernist, slightly
cubist paintings and to the sheer volume of work he produced. His middle
name, Fida, can be translated as “obsessed” or “devoted,” which could
also describe his approach to making art.
Husain’s first love was cinema and he originally set out to become a
film director in Bombay. But in order to make a living, he got a job
painting film billboards and making toys. Painting soon became his
passion, and inspired by the changes in India in the late 1940s, he
helped found The Progressive Artists Group of Bombay (PAG). He and his
fellow artists attempted to address Indian themes, culture and people in
a modern way and bring Indian art to an international audience. Husain
became particularly known for his energetic painting of horses and
serial depictions of classic narratives such as the Mahabharata.
Eventually the recognition and acclaim he received from his early
paintings led him back to cinema. With funding from the government of
India, he wrote and directed his first film, Through the Eyes of a Painter.
The success of that first film led to film projects and a close
relationship with cinema that he would maintain throughout the rest of
his life. Still he continued to paint, make prints, take photos and find
new themes and ideas to explore. He was ever restless, ever prolific
and energized by the world around him.
As he said in a television interview in 2010,
"What is this physical presence? In today's world with so much
technology and communication you are everywhere and a creative person is
not bound by any geography." This doodle celebrates Husain's
unapologetic devotion to beauty, people, and the world.
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