Friday, March 5, 2010

Self-Exiled Indian Artist M F Husain
a Qatar National Now
India’s eminent but controversial bare-footed artist M.F. Husain, who has been under attack from Hindu fundamentalists for his paintings of Hindu goddesses and has been living in Dubai and London, has becomce a Qatar national, thanks to the Qatari ruling family.
“I, the Indian origin painter M.F. Husain at 95, have been honored by Qatar nationality,” the celebrated artist, who is in self-exile, wrote above a line sketch of a horse, the leitmotif of much of his work. The black and white drawing was carried by widely circulated The Hindu newspaper, reported IANS.

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