Lot#24 || Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002)
UNTITLED (Pope)
(1961)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated verso
41.00 x 21.00 in
Estimate ₹ 1,20,00,000 - ₹ 1,50,00,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection
Private Collection
CATALOGUE NOTES
Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F Husain and K H Ara, among others. Souza's style created thought-provoking and powerful images. His repertoire of subjects covered still life, landscapes, nudes and icons of Christianity in a distorted form. In his drawings, he managed to capture fine detail in his forms. He also used a combination of cross hatched strokes that made up the overall structure of his subject.
Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F Husain and K H Ara, among others. Souza's style created thought-provoking and powerful images. His repertoire of subjects covered still life, landscapes, nudes and icons of Christianity in a distorted form. In his drawings, he managed to capture fine detail in his forms. He also used a combination of cross hatched strokes that made up the overall structure of his subject.
PUBLISHED
F. N. Souza, Grosvenor Gallery, 16 September - 15 October, 2008, pg.49
