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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Untitled



"But for art, man would die of boredom!"

Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F...



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  Lot 45 of 85  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
10-11 JUNE 2015

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ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Untitled

Signed and dated in English (upper left)
1956
Mixed media on paper pasted on board
21 x 26.5 in (53.3 x 67.3 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Sweden
Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED:
Continuum: Progressive Artists' Group, ed: Kishore Singh, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2011
The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art, ed: Kishore Singh, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2013
Mumbai Modern: Progressive Artists' Group 1947-2013, ed: Kishore Singh, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2013

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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