Francis Newton Souza

Francis Newton Souza

Francis Newton Souza (April 12 1924 - March 28 2002) was an Indian artist. He was the first avant-garde artist from India to achieve widespread recognition in the West.

Born in village of Saligao, Goa to Catholic parents, he lost his father when he was three months old. He studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art, but was expelled in 1942 because of his support for the Quit India Movement. After this he founded the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group to encourage Indian artists to participate in the international avant-garde. However, in 1949, after India became independent, he left the country for London. The Institute of Contemporary Art included work of his in a 1954 exhibition, and other shows followed. His literary talents also helped his career after the publication of the autobiographical work "Nirvana of a Maggot" in Encounter, a journal then edited by Stephen Spender. His book "Words and Lines" published 1959 cemented his literary reputation.

Souza's career developed steadily, and he participated in several shows, receiving positive reviews from John Berger. His style was, as Berger pointed out, [ [http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/francis_newton_souza.htm Summary of Souza's career] ] deliberately eclectic: essentially Expressionist in character, but also drawing on the post-war Art Brut movement and elements of British Neo-romanticism.

After 1967 he settled in New York, but returned to India shortly before his death, Souza was laid to rest in Sewri cemetery in Mumbai, in a quiet funeral on March 30

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External links

* [http://www.fnsouza.com/ Francis Newton Souza --- paintings, drawings, and writings by F N Souza]
* [http://www.dommartin.cc/Dom%20Martin%20by%20Souza.htm Dom Martin by F.N. Souza]
* [http://www.dommartin.cc/Literature/FNSouza%202002.htm F.N. SOUZA: The Myth, the Fury, and the Silence . .]
* [http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/francis_newton_souza.htm Biography of Souza]
* [http://ngmaindia.gov.in/artist.asp?artistid=8 Francis Newton Souza, National Gallery of Modern Art]
* [http://virtual-museum-india.blogspot.com/ India Virtual Museum]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7452163.stm Sale of a painting by the late Indian painter Francis Newton Souza has set a record for an Indian work of art]

See also

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurchi_Dasgupta]


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