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Horses series
1950s-2000s
The horse becomes pure momentum - calligraphic line, muscular energy and a recurring personal emblem.
Artist field note
M.F. Husain
A modern India in fast-moving lines.
Appears inIndia
The five in one idea
Husain made modernism feel indigenous not by rejecting tradition, but by treating mythology, cinema, politics and street life as equally available material.