"Born into a Muslim family in 1915, he engaged with both Muslim and Hindu subject matter, and eventually became a national icon. However, protests erupted in the mid-1990s over his picture of the Hindu goddess Saraswati in the nude, and he faced accusations of obscenity over a painting of a naked personification of India, in 2006. He moved to the Persian Gulf-Dubai and then Qatar-in self-imposed exile and died in London in 2011, at the age of 95."
"In Husain's years in the Gulf, the Qatari royal family offered him significant support, granting him the substantial honour of Qatari citizenship in 2010. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the wife of the former emir of Qatar, collected many of his paintings and in 2009 commissioned his major last work, Seeroo fi al ardh ( Walking in the Earth), an enormous painting installation depicting the progress of humanity, which was finished posthumously in 2019."
"The artist's practice spanned a variety of media, and the new museum-opening in Doha-will reflect this, showing his early canvases alongside his films, tapestry, photography, poetry and installations, and installations such as Seeroo fi al ardh. The museum, named Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum, is a project by Qatar Foundation-an organisation, chaired by Sheikha Moza, that supports research and knowledge-building. The foundation oversees the museum's location, a sprawling university campus called Education City."
Qatar will open the Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum in Doha in late November to display the artist's diverse practice across painting, film, tapestry, photography, poetry and installations. M. F. Husain emerged in the 1950s with the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, portraying everyday Indian life, mythology, folklore and symbols such as the horse in bright, expressive forms. Born in 1915 into a Muslim family, he engaged with Muslim and Hindu subjects and became a national icon despite protests in the mid-1990s and obscenity accusations in 2006. He lived in self-imposed exile in the Gulf and died in London in 2011.
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