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Q17 (NDA-I/2010) History & Culture › Art & Architecture › Indian painting traditions Answer Verified

Consider the following paragraph about one of the prominent personalities of India and identify him/her using the code given below : One of the founder members of the Progressive Artists Group, he / she painted several important series of paintings like the Mahabharata and Ramayana, Christ and the Lamb, Peace Doves, Women with Roosters and Mother Teresa. He! She made a symbolic film, Through the Eyes of a Painter, which won him/her the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Code :

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The description refers to Maqbool Fida Husain (M. F. Husain), a seminal figure in modern Indian art. He was a founding member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group (PAG) established in 1947 [t3][t5]. Husain is renowned for his diverse thematic series, including the 'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana' (which he famously exhibited on bullock carts), as well as 'Mother Teresa', 'Christ and the Lamb', and 'Women with Roosters' [t2][t3]. Beyond painting, he ventured into cinema; his experimental short film, 'Through the Eyes of a Painter' (1967), won the prestigious Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival [t3][t4]. His style often synthesized Indian mythological and folk themes with modern techniques like Cubism [t6][t7]. Other options like Satish Gujral and Amrita Shergil, while prominent, do not align with the specific film accolades and PAG founding membership described.

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