London: The funeral of legendary painter MF Husain will be held in London today. Ninety-six-year-old Husain died from complications caused by lung congestion in London on Thursday.
Husain, who rose from a Bollywood billboard artist to become India's most celebrated painter worldwide, was on a self-imposed exile.
India's very own 'Picasso', who earned both fame and wrath for his paintings, breathed his last London's Royal Brompton Hospital where he was admitted after being in "indifferent health" for the last one-and-a-half month, reported PTI quoting family sources.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Mr Husain's death is "a national loss." President Pratibha Patil said his death "left a void in the world of art."
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Husain, who rose from a Bollywood billboard artist to become India's most celebrated painter worldwide, was on a self-imposed exile.
India's very own 'Picasso', who earned both fame and wrath for his paintings, breathed his last London's Royal Brompton Hospital where he was admitted after being in "indifferent health" for the last one-and-a-half month, reported PTI quoting family sources.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Mr Husain's death is "a national loss." President Pratibha Patil said his death "left a void in the world of art."
Read More
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/mf-husains-funeral-to-take-place-in-london-today-111317
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