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M. F. Hussain
He went to the Sir J. J. School of Art and started off by painting cinema hoardings. He was a member of the Progressive Artists' Group, founded by Francis Newton Souza. His first solo exhibition was held at Zürich in Switzerland He received the prestigious Padma Shree prize in 1966 and the Padma Bhushan in 1967. He is the highest-paid and one of the most respected painters in India today. Besides paintings, he has produced and directed a few movies like Gaja Gamini and Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities. He was involved in quite a bit of controversy in the 1990s because of his portrayal of Hindu deities in the nude. Hussain's house was attacked and some of his paintings destroyed. Though that case fell through, in February 2006 Hussain was arrested and charged with hurting sentiments of people because of his paintings. Get to know about some other Indian Artists Mallika Sarabhai Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Bismillah Khan Zakir Hussain Amrita Shergill Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Bhimsen Joshi Sunil Dutt Shyam Benegal M.F. Hussain Dadasaheb Phalke
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