Google Vividly Honours MF Husain on His 100th Birthday

NDTV

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of one of India's most renowned and multifaceted artists, Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away on June 9th, 2011, at the age of 95.

Maqbool Fida Husain, commonly known as MF Husain, has been called "The Picasso of India." This was partly due to his modernist, slightly cubist paintings and to the sheer volume of work he produced. His middle name, Fida, can be translated as "obsessed" or "devoted," which could also describe his approach to making art.

The doodle honours the Master of modern Indian painting in a very abstract manner. You see geometrical figures being used for the doodle; circles are used to represent the letters G O O E leaving the illustration of MF Husain and a paint brush in his hand to represent the second G and L; to complete the word GOOGLE.

17 September 2015