Maqbool Fida Husain

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Maqbool Fida Husain, Indias Most Famous Painter, Dies at 95



Maqbool Fida Husain stands before his Last Supper in 2004. The painting sold for $2 million.


He cut a dashing, highly eccentric figure. Dressed in impeccably tailored suits, he went barefoot and brandished a slim cane that, on closer inspection, turned out to be an extra-long paintbrush. He never maintained a studio. Instead, he spread his canvases out on the floor of whatever hotel room he happened to be staying in and went to work, splashing paint with abandon and paying for damages when he checked out.