Francis Newton Souza

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Francis Newton Souza was a leading figure in the avant-garde movement and one of the first painters from India to achieve international recognition. His work was inspired from Expressionism and Art Brut, after he spent many years abroad. Souza's work was known for the aggressive lines and deep application of color, as well as depicting defiance with everyday life.

Lady

Drawing / Watercolor - Mixed Media

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Francis Newton Souza’s favorite subjects included human figures engaging in erotic acts and organized rituals of religion. Through this, he still managed to magnify fine detail. Francis Newton Souza was known as an articulate genius, having the remarkable ability to translate disturbing and thought-provoking images into beauty. FN Souza was one of the founding members of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay in 1947. As India's first modern artist, it was his final wish that a permanent museum housing all of his works be created in India. (Artist website)

India / male artist / Contemporary art from India / Art Brut / Geometric Abstract art / Gestural / Avant-garde

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Francis Newton Souza

Lady, 1952

Drawing / Watercolor

Mixed Media

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What is Art Brut?

A French term that means Raw Art. It was invented by Jean Dubuffet in an attempt to describe and explain naive and graffiti art made outside the normal fine art's academic tradition. He termed it as Outsider Art, made by loners, prisoners, the mentally ill and other groups of people considered marginalized. It is made without thought to presentation or imitation.

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