This online auction celebrates MF Husain’s contribution to modern Indian art

For its upcoming online auction, AstaGuru, will shine a spotlight on MF Husain’s artistic legacy. Simply titled ‘Husain’, the dedicated online auction will feature a catalogue that encompasses the journey of the Padma Vibhushan award winning artist. Deemed as one of the most prominent and decorated Indian creators, Maqbool Fida Husain’s body of work has become one of the most important chapters in the history of modern Indian art.

Apart from his paintings such as ‘Voices’ & ‘Karbala’ to name a few; the auction will also include works that depict his deftness across mediums such as tapestry and watercolours. Rakshanda Hussain, Specialist, AstaGuru, commented, “MF Husain played a crucial role in introducing Indian art to a wider audience both within India and internationally by being at the forefront of the modernism movement. He developed a style which is instantaneously recognisable, and one which not only combined his influences of European art movements such as Cubism and Expressionism, but also favoured his unrelenting quest to pay homage to his Indian roots.”

Leading this auction is a monumental work titled ‘Voices’. Painted in 1958, this composition was created during an significant phase in the artist’s career. The presented creation is indeed seminal, owing to the fact that MF Husain deviates from his human, highly symbolic workstyle; in order to celebrate the unseen syntax of a painter’s world. He dissects the gargantuan panel, spanning 15 feet, to capture the maelstrom of visuals, which erupt from the sub-conscious.