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'Dallas' J F K

Keywords: Modern Painting
Artwork

Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Description: An artist, M. F. Husain, created an artistic work titled ''Dallas' J F K' using watercolours on paper. The composition is delineated in caricature style while retaining the sharp, bold colour strokes executing the contours and suggesting the bold experimentation of the artist's style. The artist signed 'Husain' along the lower margin of the painting. There is an inscription in English that can be read as ' "Dallas" J.F.K' (referring to the J.F.K airport). It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Type: Painting

Received From: National Gallery Of Modern Art, New Delhi


DC Field Value
dc.creator Husain, M. F.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-09-28T06:15:26Z
dc.date.available 2020-09-28T06:15:26Z
dc.description An artist, M. F. Husain, created an artistic work titled ''Dallas' J F K' using watercolours on paper. The composition is delineated in caricature style while retaining the sharp, bold colour strokes executing the contours and suggesting the bold experimentation of the artist's style. The artist signed 'Husain' along the lower margin of the painting. There is an inscription in English that can be read as ' "Dallas" J.F.K' (referring to the J.F.K airport). It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
dc.description.statementofresponsibility Born in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, Maqbool Fida Husain was a self-taught artist. He was an important member of the Progressive Artists Group along with Francis Newton Souza, Syed Haider Raza, Krishna Howlaji Ara, Hari Ambadas Gade, and S Bakre. After a brief stint at the Indore Art College, Husain migrated to Bombay and his work got recognition in 1947 when he won an award at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society. Husain has made a substantial contribution to the shaping of modern art in India. A versatile artist he started his career in Mumbai by painting cinema hoardings for a livelihood. His paintings are characterized by bold lines, colours and his experimentation with various material and themes that depict very real events. Husain's artist oeuvre was not restricted to painting he has dabbled in a multitude of media such as designing toys in wood, furniture, murals, drawings, graphic-prints, installations, documentaries, short films, feature films etc. His first film 'Through the Eyes of a Painter' won a Golden Bear Award. Husain was conferred the Padma Bhushan(1973) and the Padma Vibhushan (1989).
dc.format.extent 70 X 47 cm
dc.format.mimetype image/jpg
dc.publisher National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
dc.subject Modern Painting
Artwork
dc.type Painting
dc.identifier.accessionnumber ngma-12895
dc.format.medium image
dc.format.material Watercolour, Paper


DC Field Value
dc.creator Husain, M. F.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-09-28T06:15:26Z
dc.date.available 2020-09-28T06:15:26Z
dc.description An artist, M. F. Husain, created an artistic work titled ''Dallas' J F K' using watercolours on paper. The composition is delineated in caricature style while retaining the sharp, bold colour strokes executing the contours and suggesting the bold experimentation of the artist's style. The artist signed 'Husain' along the lower margin of the painting. There is an inscription in English that can be read as ' "Dallas" J.F.K' (referring to the J.F.K airport). It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
dc.description.sponsorship Born in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, Maqbool Fida Husain was a self-taught artist. He was an important member of the Progressive Artists Group along with Francis Newton Souza, Syed Haider Raza, Krishna Howlaji Ara, Hari Ambadas Gade, and S Bakre. After a brief stint at the Indore Art College, Husain migrated to Bombay and his work got recognition in 1947 when he won an award at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society. Husain has made a substantial contribution to the shaping of modern art in India. A versatile artist he started his career in Mumbai by painting cinema hoardings for a livelihood. His paintings are characterized by bold lines, colours and his experimentation with various material and themes that depict very real events. Husain's artist oeuvre was not restricted to painting he has dabbled in a multitude of media such as designing toys in wood, furniture, murals, drawings, graphic-prints, installations, documentaries, short films, feature films etc. His first film 'Through the Eyes of a Painter' won a Golden Bear Award. Husain was conferred the Padma Bhushan(1973) and the Padma Vibhushan (1989).
dc.format.extent 70 X 47 cm
dc.format.mimetype image/jpg
dc.publisher National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
dc.subject Modern Painting
Artwork
dc.type Painting
dc.identifier.accessionnumber ngma-12895
dc.format.medium image
dc.format.material Watercolour, Paper

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