Maqbool Fida Husain: Master of Modern Indian Painting - V&A, painting & art history

"Maqbool Fida Husain"

The Picasso of India
1913-2011

Awardee by:-

Padma Vibhushan 
Padma Bhushan 
Padma Shri

He was one of the most celebrated and internationally recognised Indian artist of the 20th century.

Husain became the best- paid painter in India, his highest- selling piece fetching $1.6 million at a 2008 Christie's auction.