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M F Husain laid to rest in Britain

The body of India's most acclaimed painter Maqbool Fida Husain was on Friday laid to rest with full Muslim religious rites at Brookwood cemetery in Britain, honouring his last wishes. \\nHusain was......

When M F Husain celebrated his birthday in exile

Maqbool Fida Husain, India's grand old man of art, passed away in London on Thursday morning. Husain spent the last years of his colourful life in exile, forced......

'Picasso of India' MF Husain passes away

Maqbool Fida Hussain, who rose from a Bollywood billboard artist to India's most celebrated painter worldwide, died in London on Thursday, away from home on a self-imposed exile. India's very......

Husain's journey: Of million dollar paintings and death threats

Ebullient and eccentric at the same time, barefoot painter Maqbool Fida Husain took Indian art to the global stage with his cubist-inspired modern art but was riled in controversy with his......

Have you met MF Husain? Tell us

Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known and most controversial artists, died in Royal Brompton Hospital in London early Thursday morning. He was 95.The self-taught artist, often termed as......

Secrets M F Husain shared with the DLF chief

Legendary artist Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away recently, was an employee at the real estate firm DLF at a starting salary of Rs 800 in the 1960s. DLF chairman KP Singh, who has dedicated......

Brand Husain creates legacy value

In the end, he died in exile, which is the pity, because if there is anything Maqbool Fida Husain really wanted, it was to come back home to India. London, where he succumbed to a coronary......

It's Hussain @ Rs 100 crore

Maqbool Fida Hussain will sell 125 of his latest works for at least Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion). The buyer: the Mumbai-based Swarup Group of Industries with an annual turnover of Rs 500 crore (Rs 5......

Christie's NY auction: Husain, Tyeb Mehta on sale

Christie is expecting to rake in over 50 crores from works by South Asian artists ranging from modern masters to cutting edge contemporary artists like M F Husain, J. Swaminathan, Tyeb Mehta and......

Invest in art, be a millionaire!

At his home studio in a vast, vacant plot of scrubland on the border of Mehrauli, artist Jagannath Panda is juggling with six different ideas on six different canvases. The proposed exhibition of......

The Legends who left us in 2011

We take a look at some of the legends, who passed away in 2011. The year 2011's been a year of many deaths, in every walk of life. Steve Jobs died and so did Osama Bin Laden. Here, then, are the......

When I first set eyes on Madhuri...

Madhuri Dixit may have said goodbye to Bollywood, but the industry refuses to forget her. On her birthday, Indra Kumar (who directed her in Dil, Beta and Raja), and Akbar Khan (her first co-star in......

MF Hussain, now on stage

Celebrating her 25th year in theatre production, Nadira Babbar is now directing a play on the life of celebrated artist M F Hussain. It is said to be Hussain's wish to have the play made during his......

The Swarup Filmfare awards!

The Swarup Group of Industries has been selected as the sponsor for the golden jubilee Filmfare Awards this year. The group is owned by Guru Swarup Srivastava, who shot into the limelight with his......

'I am not insecure about Kareena!'

His first film, Ken Ghosh's Ishq Vishk, was a surprise hit. Almost instantly, he became a rage. His second film, Fida, is due for release on August 20, with the same set of people at the helm.......

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Q. full name of m.f.hussain
: A. The M.F. in M.F. Husain stands for Maqbool Fida. He is popularly known as M F Husain and is one of India's best known artists. more

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Q. what is the full name of M F Hussain ?
UmeshPrasadSingh: A. maqbool fida hussain more

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Q. whether m.f. hussain was the best painter in indian history
Raju: A. Indias most celebrated painter Mr Maqbool Fida Husain A.K.A M F Hussain , died in london,early today. He was 95 years old and was not keeping well...... more

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Q. iam known for always walking barefeet i also directed a film titled gajagamini who am i
Santonu Borpuzari: A. M F HUSSAIN . Maqbool Fida Hussain. more

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Q. Kya 80 saal ke MAQBOOL kisi 18 saal ki khubsoorti par FIDA hote hain tou GALAT kya hain aur SAHI kya ?
Rizwana Banu: A. bilkul galat hai vo buddha bandar abhi bhi gulati lagana nahi chorta hai more

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Web results for Maqbool Fida

Modern, Contemporary Indian Art at Sotheby's

Just three months after the conclusion of Sotheby's successful $7 million Amaya sale, which saw important works by VS Gaitonde and FN Souza go... ...

http://luxpresso.com/news-lifestyle/auction-alert-modern-contemporary-indian-art-at-sothebys/21995

Rare Gaitonde, MF works to be sold

Rare paintings by Indian artists Vasudeo S. Gaitonde and Maqbool Fida Husain, who died in London almost two years ago, will be offered for sale in... ...

http://www.asianage.com/newsmakers/rare-gaitonde-mf-works-be-sold-584

Incredible India

Come June, Christie's spring auctions in London will feature contemporary works by Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Farida Batool and Yamini Nayar. One... ...

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/art-and-culture/under-hammer-christie%E2%80%99s-incredible-india-795

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