Artist Profile

About Artist

After the early death of his mother M F Husain's father Fida Husain got remarried and moved to Indore. His early education was in Indore. At age the of 20, M F Husain moved to Mumbai to join the J. J. School of Arts. During his early days in Mumbai he earned money painting cinema hoardings. In 1947 his first exhibition was conducted at the Bombay Art Society where his painting Sunhera Sansaar was shown. From 1948 to 1950 there was a series of exhibitions of M F Husain's paintings all over India In 1956, his paintings were exhibited in the art galleries of Prague and Zur ...