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F. N. SOUZA (1924–2002) CHRIST | INDIAN INK PAINTING (1961) INK ON PAPER. SIZE:12 X 16 IN
F. N. SOUZA (1924–2002) WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PROGRESSIVE ARTISTS’ GROUP AND A FIERCELY INDIVIDUALISTIC VOICE IN INDIAN MODERNISM. KNOWN FOR HIS RAW, EXPRESSIONIST STYLE AND BOLD LINE WORK, SOUZA’S ART CONFRONTED THE HYPOCRISIES OF SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND SEXUALITY WITH UNFLINCHING HONESTY. CRY'Z (1961), EXECUTED IN INK ON PAPER, CAPTURES HIS CHARACTERISTIC LINEAR AGGRESSION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTENSITY. THE WORK REFLECTS HIS PREOCCUPATION WITH HUMAN SUFFERING, DISTORTED FIGURES, AND ICONOCLASTIC THEMES. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STARK COMPOSITION AND EMOTIONAL FEROCITY, SOUZA’S DRAWINGS EMBODY THE TENSION AND TRAUMA OF POSTCOLONIAL EXISTENCE, MAKING HIM A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN INDIAN ART.
THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE
F. N. SOUZA (1924–2002) WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PROGRESSIVE ARTISTS’ GROUP AND A FIERCELY INDIVIDUALISTIC VOICE IN INDIAN MODERNISM. KNOWN FOR HIS RAW, EXPRESSIONIST STYLE AND BOLD LINE WORK, SOUZA’S ART CONFRONTED THE HYPOCRISIES OF SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND SEXUALITY WITH UNFLINCHING HONESTY. CRY'Z (1961), EXECUTED IN INK ON PAPER, CAPTURES HIS CHARACTERISTIC LINEAR AGGRESSION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTENSITY. THE WORK REFLECTS HIS PREOCCUPATION WITH HUMAN SUFFERING, DISTORTED FIGURES, AND ICONOCLASTIC THEMES. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STARK COMPOSITION AND EMOTIONAL FEROCITY, SOUZA’S DRAWINGS EMBODY THE TENSION AND TRAUMA OF POSTCOLONIAL EXISTENCE, MAKING HIM A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN INDIAN ART.
THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE
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F. N. SOUZA (1924–2002) CHRIST | INDIAN INK PAINTING (1961) INK ON PAPER. SIZE:12 X 16 IN
Estimate £1,000-£2,000
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