Maqbool Fida Husain, known as M F Husain was born in 17th September, 1915 in Padharpur, Maharashtra. M F Husain is one of the Indian’s Best known artists. Husain comes from a muslim Indian Family.Husain first became well-known as an artist in the late 1940s. In 1947, he joined the Progressive Artists’ Group, founded by Francis Newton Souza. This was a clique of young artists who wished to break with the nationalist traditions established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. In 1952, his first solo exhibition was held at Zürich and over the next few years, his work was widely seen in Europe and U.S. In 1955, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shree prize by the Government of India.
