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From Madhuri Dixit to Horses: Explore the Best Paintings of M.F. Husain in 10 pictures.

The famed painter M.F. Husain was known for his colourful Cubist-style works that included nude Hindu deities, metropolitan settings, horses, and even Madhuri Dixit. He started out studying calligraphy before pursuing a career in Mumbai painting movie posters and creating toys. He was born in 1915. During a 1953 trip, he was exposed to European masters of painting like Picasso and Klee, and this had a lasting effect on him. His contentious topics, which frequently questioned Indian censorship, however, resulted in his exile in 2006 as a result of legal actions for defaming Hindu culture. He lived in Qatar and the UK in his later years before passing in London in 2011. His pieces are now part of illustrious collections all across the world. Below we at Abir Pothi have compiled a list of 10 of M.F. Husain’s famous paintings.

M.F. Husain Paintings

1. Horses

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN | Untitled (Horses) | Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art | Indian/S.E. Asian | Sotheby's
M.F. Husain Horses. Courtesy: Sotheby’s

2. Battle of Ganga and Jamuna

Battle of Ganga-Jamuna - Maqbool Husain - Canvas Prints by M F Husain | Buy Posters, Frames, Canvas & Digital Art Prints | Small, Compact, Medium and Large Variants
M.F. Husain Battle of Ganga-Jamuna. Courtesy: Tallenge Store

3. Mother Teresa

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN | UNTITLED (MOTHER TERESA) | Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art | 2020 | Sotheby's
M.F. Husain Mother Teresa. Courtesy: Sotheby’s

4. Bharat Maata

Bharat Mata Artifact | Courtney Johnson
M.F. Husain Bharat Mata. Courtesy: The Ohio State University

5. Draupadi with Five Incarnations

Draupadi with five incarnations - Maqbool Fida Husain — Google Arts & Culture
Draupadi with five incarnations – M. F. Husain Courtesy: Google Arts & Culture

6. British Raj

British Raj, 2009 - M.F. Husain - WikiArt.org
British Raj, 2009 M.F. Husain Courtesy: WikiArt.org

7. Portrait of Chand Bibi

Untitled Portrait of Chand Bibi by M.F Husain on artnet
Untitled Portrait of Chand Bibi by M.F Husain Courtesy: Artnet

8. Hindu Deities

Shiva And Parvati - Maqbool Fida Husain Painting - Large Art Prints by M F Husain | Buy Posters, Frames, Canvas & Digital Art Prints | Small, Compact, Medium and Large Variants
M.F. Husain Shiv and Parvati. Courtesy: Tallenge Store

9. Saraswati

Why didn't MF Husain paint Allah the way he painted Saraswati?
M.F. Husain Saraswati. Courtesy: Dailyo

10. Madhuri Dixit

M F Husain - Yeh Kaun Sa Mod - XII @ Serigraphs II: Gaja Gamini | StoryLTD
M.F. Husain Madhuri Dixit and Gaja Gamini. Courtesy: StoryLTD

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