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Serial Number: ART1740
Valuation:
BHD 150
Medium:
Print in Leather
Type:
Drawing
Style:
Abstract Expressionism
Date:
Undated
Size:
20 x 30 cm
Artist:
Francis Newton Souza (12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002), commonly referred to as F. N. Souza, was an Indian artist. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists Group of Bombay, and was the first post-independence Indian artist to achieve high recognition in the West. His style exhibited both low-life and high energy.
In recent years Souza Paintings have been sold for over a million dollars. In 2008, his painting Birth (1955) set a world auction record for the most expensive Indian painting sold till then by selling for USD 2.5 million at a Christies auction. In 2015, the painting Birth was resold at Christies in New York, fetching more than USD 4 million.
In June 2010 Christies held an auction of over 140 lots from the Souza Estate. Many of Souzas works fetched very high prices, some several times Christies estimates.
A purported 1963 painting by Souza appeared on the BBC Antiques Road Show in February 2009.
Neelam Raaj wrote in The Times of India, With a few slashing lines and a raw, expressive energy, Francis Newton Souza stripped away all subterfuge. Be it the sluts or the suits, the seamy side of life or the steamy, the gnomish, pox-scarred boy from Goa who went on to become one of the first Indian artists to be feted in the salons of Europe, laid it bare.
Status: Display
Description:
This art was part of Mr Farajs trip to India from the 31st of May to 6th of June 2024
