F. N. SOUZA (1924–2002) | UNTITLED | OIL ON BOARD | POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY (1985)

AN EVOCATIVE OIL PAINTING BY F. N. SOUZA, DATED 1985, DEPICTING A STRONG, ELONGATED FEMALE FIGURE IN A DEEP RED DRESS, ADORNED WITH A SIMPLE NECKLACE, GAZING DIRECTLY AT THE VIEWER WITH CHARACTERISTIC INTENSE, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES. THE BACKGROUND REVEALS A STYLIZED VILLAGE OR TOWNSCAPE WITH MULTI-COLOURED BUILDINGS UNDER A DARK, TURBULENT SKY, FRAMED BY STARK, LEAFLESS TREES. THE COMPOSITION EXHIBITS SOUZA’S DISTINCT BLEND OF EXPRESSIONIST DISTORTION AND CUBIST-INFLUENCED FORMS, RENDERED WITH BOLD BRUSHSTROKES AND A DRAMATIC PALETTE DOMINATED BY DARK BLUES, EARTHY BROWNS, AND VIBRANT REDS AND YELLOWS FOR THE STRUCTURES. THE WORK EMBODIES THE ARTIST’S FASCINATION WITH THE HUMAN FIGURE AND HIS OFTEN UNSETTLING, YET COMPELLING, PORTRAYAL OF IDENTITY AND ENVIRONMENT.THIS EXCLUSIVE FINE ART COLLECTIBLE REPRESENTS A CURATED SELECTION SPANNING 18TH CENTURY ART, 19TH CENTURY ART, 20TH CENTURY ART, AND CONTEMPORARY 21ST CENTURY ART. EACH PIECE REFLECTS HERITAGE AND MODERN INFLUENCES, FROM WATERCOLOR PAINTING, OIL ON CANVAS, ACRYLIC, AND MIXED MEDIA TO INDIAN PAINTING, ASIAN ART, AND CULTURAL ART COLLECTIBLES. PERFECT FOR LUXURY HOME INTERIORS, GALLERIES, AND AUCTION HOUSES, ART FOR COLLECTORS AND DESIGN ENTHUSIASTS.

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