Thursday, June 9, 2011

India's most prominent painter, M.F. Hussain, dies

India’s most prominent painter, M.F. Hussain, dies
MUNEEZA NAQVI Associated Press NEW DELHI M.F. Hussain, a former movie billboard artist who rose to become India’s most sought-after painter before going into self-imposed exile during an uproar over nude images of Hindu icons, died Thursday. He was 95. CNN-IBN TV channel quoted a friend, Arun Vadehra, as saying that Hussain, often described as India’s Picasso, died at the Royal Brompton hospital …

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