Maqbool Fida Husain was born on the 17th of September 1915 in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India, and passed away on 9th
June, 2011.
Do you know that in his early days when Husain had come to Mumbai, he used to paint cinema hoardings so as to earn money?
The founding member of the Progressive Artists Group of Bombay, Husain was a world-renowned painter who used new innovative modern techniques to his paintings. Husain was known as the ‘Indian Picasso’, and is till date one of the most talked about and internationally acclaimed artists of the 20th century.
Famous Quote: “I only give expression to the instincts from my soul.”