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LIFE
35.6 x 48 in (90.5 x 122 cm), Oil on board, 1958
STILL
48 x 36 in (122 x 91.4 cm), Oil on board, 1957
SWEATER
YELLOW
A
IN
GIRL
the
periodically
folk
shunned
the
art:
in order to survive.
of
freely in painting
works
I express myself
“My art is like a
he
what I feel like,
schools
what I sense.”
metabolism.
what I love,
as
F N Souza
conviction,
19th
religious
the
path-
full-
the
His
I paint
various
Church,
norms.
of
and
the
the
the
paintings
of
and
18th
Goa,
artistic
influence
Catholic
–
societal
art
period,
the
native
European
of
of
the
aura
the
Renaissance
of
landscapes
blooded
his
of
reflected
banality
century
defined
fervour
of
art
choices. breaking paintings of the moderns. thought multiple bases shifted Souza N F times, first to London and later New held he artist, revered A York. was 1962 prestigious at exhibitions multiple Although painter a being from Apart venues. he and writer ferocious a also was he with such mediums with experimented trace can printed on alteration chemical as and outlines
personal unrestrained, year London. abstraction, executed were one dark image the N F with
landscape - 1962
and the in in living towards which work this with architectural establishing contexts. impatience
practices of consists executed was inclined landscapes In painted the which textural and
artistic work - lot artist the not dynamism. brushwork basis Hereby and colour defiance
his of was create and composed. the express
of body provoking imagery. presented while artist did sporadic hatch, on
matters His The created the seldom spontaneity the – cross were based paintings
most a then his infant. for formative the for from scenario for style. and as in
36 x 48 in (91.4 x 122 cm), Oil on board, 1962 (Presented lot)
India’s Goa, with an still rusticated A deterred art advocated modern blatant conform ground his
of Saligao, Mumbai was later spokesperson the the not
one to he was Movement. never about and Indian reflected did he stood
doubt in 1924 moved while and he views figure it, but
a in died Art, India unapologetic Group his inspiring independent art his experienced others
without born He father of School Quit the Artist and an an persona, of
was modernists, colony. his after J J Sir in the and Progressive opinion was He of his he as requirements
LANDSCAPE Souza N F prolific Portuguese mother, joined He participating member iconic his sharing India. in innovation the like Much truth brutal the per