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M. F. Husain

1915 - 2011

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Maqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. He was one of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group. M.F. Husain is associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after the partition of 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. M. F. Husain is the 1,575th most popular painter (down from 1,298th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from India (down from 428th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, M. F. Husain ranks 1,575 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri Regnault, Robert Henri, Nicolaas Pieneman, Francisco Rizi, Tetyana Yablonska, and Durdy Bayramov. After him are Ernst Josephson, Haddon Sundblom, Carl Joseph Begas, Hermann Zapf, Hans Baluschek, and Stanisław Witkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, M. F. Husain ranks 171. Before him are Leigh Brackett, Kurt Aland, Ken Aston, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Elio Toaff, and Raquel Rastenni. After him are Helmut Wick, Josef Zeman, Dario Mangiarotti, Taheyya Kariokka, Mario Echandi Jiménez, and John C. Lilly. Among people deceased in 2011, M. F. Husain ranks 237. Before him are Karl Aage Præst, Iván Menczel, Tatyana Shchelkanova, Tatyana Lioznova, Coen Moulijn, and Shammi Kapoor. After him are Karen Khachaturian, Theodore Roszak, Luiz Bueno, Ida Fink, Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, and Robert Ettinger.

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In India

Among people born in India, M. F. Husain ranks 563 out of 1,861. Before him are Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), MS Dhoni (1981), Meena Kumari (1933), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), and Shammi Kapoor (1931). After him are Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), Hemu (1501), William Birdwood (1865), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), and Malik Kafur (1250).

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Among PAINTERS In India

Among painters born in India, M. F. Husain ranks 3. Before him are Raja Ravi Varma (1848), and Abanindranath Tagore (1871). After him are Basawan (1560), and Jamini Roy (1887).

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