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Jamini Roy A R T I S T O F M O D E R N I N D I A

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1. Shri Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honored with the State award of Padma Bhushanin 1955. He was one of the most famous pupils of Aanindranath !a"ore# whose $ontriution to the

emer"en$e of modern art in India remains un%uestionale. &i'ipedia

B IO G R A P H Y O F T H E A R T I S T

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E3$n"a**y6 #o$3$+6 "#$ a+"i" +$/$&"$' "#$$ &on3$n"ion "o &*"i3a"$ a 0$+ona*

0ain"in! "y*$ in0i+$' *a+!$*y y "+a'i"iona* In'ian ,o* an' 3i**a!$ a+"6 0a+"i&*a+*y

"#o$ o, #i na"i3$ $n!a*. Jamini Roy "i*i$' #i &oni'$+a*$ i** an' in"$**i!$n&$

"o &+$a"$ a o'y o, o+ "#a" +$ona"$ i"# "#$ #i"o+y o, mo'$+n In'ia. T#6 an

$:#ii"ion an' &a"a*o!$ o, o+ y Jamini Roy i a 0a+"i&*a+*y a00+o0+ia"$ ay "o

a&no*$'!$ "#$ ;"# anni3$+a+y o, In'ian in'$0$n'$n&$ a a &o*ony o, "#$ +i"i#

Em0i+$.

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1. (. ). HusainPainter*. (a%ool )ida Husain $ommonly 'nown as () Husain# was an Indian painter and )ilm

+ire$tor. Husain was asso$iated with Indian modernism in the 19,s. &i'ipedia

.,. Born: Septemer 1/# 1915# Pandharpur5. Died: June 9# *11#0ondon# nited 2in"dom3. Spouse: )a4ila Biim. 67*118/. Artwork: Between the Spider the 0amp#(aiden:s )li"ht#(other India#Bharat (ata# ;a


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re$o"ni4ed Indian artists of the *th $entury# he also re$eiCed re$o"nition as a

printma'er# photo"rapher# and filmma'er.

Biography

(. ). Husain was orn into a(uslimfamily on 1/ Septemer 1915 inPandharpur#(aharashtra#

to aSulaymaniBohra family who tra$e their roots a$' to;uewton Sou4a.5!his

was a $li%ue of youn" artists who wished to rea' with the nationalist traditions estalished y

theBen"al s$hool of artand to en$oura"e an Indian aCant-"arde# en"a"ed at an international

leCel. !he artists $ite !he Partition of India and Pa'istan 1, Au"ust 19,/# with its resultin"

reli"ious riotin" and heaCy loss of life as their reason for formin" !he Pro"ressiCe Artist:s ;roup

in Bomay in +e$emer# 19,/.3Husain:s first solo e@hiit was in 195* in uri$h./His first

.S.A. e@hiit was at India House in >ew Gor' in 193,. =In 1933# he was awarded the

presti"ious Padma Shriaward y the;oCernment of India.

19##"199!

In 193/# he made his first film# Through the Eyes of a Painter. It was shown at the Berlin )ilm

)estiCaland won a;olden Bear short film award.91

(. ). Husain was a spe$ial inCitee alon" with Palo Pi$assoat theSao Paulo BiennialBra4il8 in

19/1./11better source neededHe was awarded the Padma Bhushanin 19/ and was nominated to

theRa


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Dourtdismissed these $omplaints of promotin" enmity etween different "roups ... y paintin"

Hindu "oddesses 7 +ur"a and Sarswati# that was later $ompromised y Hindus. 11,

In 199= Husain:s house was atta$'ed y Hindu "roups li'e Ba


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Hundreds of lawsuits in $onne$tion with Husain:s alle"edly os$ene art were outstandin" as of

*/.*5A warrant was issued for his arrest after he did not appear at a hearin"# thou"h this

warrant was later suspended.*5*3*/Husain also re$eiCed death threats. *3

Husain liCed in self-imposed e@ile from *3 until his death.*3

He "enerally liCed in +ohaandsummered in 0ondon.1

In *1# he was $onferredLatarinationality# and he surrendered his Indian passport.*=*9In

Latar# he prin$ipally wor'ed on two lar"e proasser Al (issned# and one on the history of

Indian $iCili4ation.1!he wor's are to e housed in a museum in +oha.1

)or the last years of his life Husain liCed in +oha and 0ondon# stayin" away from India# ut

e@pressin" a stron" desire to return# despite fears of ein" 'illed.

At the a"e of 9* Husain was to e "iCen the presti"ious Ra


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