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LIFE
STILL 35.6 x 48 in (90.5 x 122 cm), Oil on board, 1958
SWEATER 48 x 36 in (122 x 91.4 cm), Oil on board, 1957
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the folk
shunned he periodically works the art: of
“My art is like a metabolism. I express myself freely in painting in order to survive. I paint what I feel like, what I love, what I sense.” F N Souza – as conviction, artistic His norms. schools various of full- the Goa, the of religious the the Church, 19th and 18th path- the and art multiple bases held he artist, prestigious at painter a being and writer such mediums printed on passed artist
aura of societal of influence the native his paintings period, Catholic the of the of European breaking paintings of the moderns. shifted Souza times, first to London and later New revered A exhibitions from Apart ferocious a also with alteration chemical The paper.
defined banality reflected of art blooded Renaissance fervour landscapes century N F York. multiple venues. was he experimented as magazine away in 2002.
choices. thought was 1962 Although he with trace can and outlines structures purely Souza's well a
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
