Indian Artist Francis Newton Souza Exhibition Pamphlet India Rare 1985 Original

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1985 FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA VINTAGE ORIGINAL EXHIBITION CATALOG/[AMPHLET FEATURING MANY OF HIS WORKS FROM 1985. DHOOMI MAL GALLERY 8-A CONNAUGHT, NEW DELHI-110001 . MEASURES FOLDED APPROXIMATELY 9 7/8 X 6 1/2 INCHES Francis Newton Souza was a Goan artist. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay, and was the first post-independence Indian artist to achieve high recognition in the West. Souza's style exhibited both low-life and high energy. In 1949, curious art lovers in Bombay (now Mumbai) gathered at the Art Society of India to see the work of a rising young painter named Francis Newton. They were in for a surprise. On the gallery’s center wall hung an expressionistic self-portrait of the artist, stark naked, paintbrush in hand, looking directly at the viewer with total assurance and a complete lack of shame. Nearly six feet tall, it made a powerful impression. A scandal ensued. The police rushed in, covering up the figure’s private parts. Obscenity charges were filed. Then, after removing all four paintings in the show, the police raided the artist’s studio in a search for pornographic material. Once again, Newton, who soon gained fame under the name F.N. Souza, his actual surname, had delivered on the promise of his Progressive Artists’ Group, a handful of like-minded renegades who favored an assertively modern approach, incorporating such Western influences as Cubism, Expressionism and Art Brut. Dig deeper into the moment. Subscribe for $1 a week

• Year: 1985
• Condition: Very Good

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