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{{short description|British painter 1924-2002}} | |||
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|03|28|1924|04|12}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|03|28|1924|04|12}} | ||
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]] | ||
| nationality = [[ | | nationality = [[Portugal|Portuguese]], then [[United Kingdom|British]] | ||
| field = [[Painting]], [[Drawing]] | | field = [[Painting]], [[Drawing]] | ||
| training = | | training = | ||
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| spouse = * {{marriage|Maria Figueiredo|1946|1964|end=divorced}} | | spouse = * {{marriage|Maria Figueiredo|1946|1964|end=divorced}} | ||
* {{marriage|Barbara Zinkant|1965|1977|end=divorced}} | * {{marriage|Barbara Zinkant|1965|1977|end=divorced}} | ||
| partner = Liselotte Kohn ( | | partner = Liselotte Kohn (1954–1961) <br>[[Srimati Lal]] (1993–2002) | ||
| patrons = | | patrons = | ||
| awards = | | awards = | ||
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'''Francis Newton Souza''' (12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002) was a [[ | '''Francis Newton Souza''' (12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] artist. He was a founding member of the [[Progressive Artists' Group]] of [[Bombay]]. Souza's style exhibited both [[decadence]] and [[primitivism]].<ref name="Chopra"> | ||
{{cite book | {{cite book | ||
|first=Ashok | |first=Ashok | ||
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|date= 9 April 2010 | |date= 9 April 2010 | ||
|title=Francis Newton Souza: How the artist’s libido guided him in art as in life | |title=Francis Newton Souza: How the artist’s libido guided him in art as in life | ||
|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> F. N. Souza died on 28 March 2002 from a heart attack and was buried in [[Sewri]] | |work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> F. N. Souza died on 28 March 2002 from a heart attack and was buried in [[Sewri Christian Cemetery]] in Mumbai. Only a few persons attended the funeral, none of them family members or members of Souza's Goan community.<ref name="Maddox"> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
|first=Georgina | |first=Georgina | ||
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==Reputation== | ==Reputation== | ||
The renowned Indian artist, [[M.F. Husain]], recognized F. N. Souza as his mentor.<ref name=Singh>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Khushwant|title=A Maverick Painter|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-maverick-painter/cid/1025138|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=6 May 2006}}</ref> In recent years, Souza's paintings have been sold for over a million dollars.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sale of a painting by the late Indian painter Francis Newton Souza has set a record for an Indian work of art|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7452163.stm|access-date=20 December 2010|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=13 June 2008}}</ref> His painting ''Birth'' (1955) depicting his mistress Liselotte Kohn posing naked | The renowned Indian artist, [[M.F. Husain]], recognized F. N. Souza as his mentor.<ref name=Singh>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Khushwant|title=A Maverick Painter|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-maverick-painter/cid/1025138|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=6 May 2006}}</ref> In recent years, Souza's paintings have been sold for over a million dollars.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sale of a painting by the late Indian painter Francis Newton Souza has set a record for an Indian work of art|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7452163.stm|access-date=20 December 2010|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=13 June 2008}}</ref> His painting ''Birth'' (1955) depicting his mistress Liselotte Kohn posing naked while pregnant with their first daughter Keren,<ref name=Raaj> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
|last=Raaj | |last=Raaj | ||
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|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/With-4m-art-record-Souza-sizzles/articleshow/49011471.cms | |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/With-4m-art-record-Souza-sizzles/articleshow/49011471.cms | ||
|work=[[The Times of India]] | |work=[[The Times of India]] | ||
|date=18 September 2015}}</ref> set a world auction record in 2008 for the most expensive "Indian" painting sold till then by | |date=18 September 2015}}</ref> set a world auction record in 2008 for the most expensive "Indian" painting sold till then when it was purchased by [[Tina Ambani]] for US$2.5 million (Rs 11.3 crore) at a [[Christie's]] auction. In 2015, the painting ''Birth'' was resold to [[Kiran Nadar]] at Christie's in New York, fetching more than US$4 million.<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fn-souzas-birth-sets-new-record-sold-for-4-million-at-christies-new-york-auction/137827/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928061708/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fn-souzas-birth-sets-new-record-sold-for-4-million-at-christies-new-york-auction/137827/ |date=28 September 2015 }} FN Souza’s ‘Birth’ sets new record, sold for $4 million at Christie’s New York auction. The Financial Express, 18 September 2015.</ref> | ||
In June 2010 Christie's held an auction of over 140 lots from the Souza estate. Many of Souza's works fetched very high prices, some several times Christie's estimates.<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=22811 Christie's - The Art of Souza: Property from the Estate of Francis Newton Souza]</ref> | In June 2010 Christie's held an auction of over 140 lots from the Souza estate. Many of Souza's works fetched very high prices, some several times Christie's estimates.<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=22811 Christie's - The Art of Souza: Property from the Estate of Francis Newton Souza]</ref> | ||
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|work=[[The Times of Israel]] | |work=[[The Times of Israel]] | ||
|date=29 February 2016}}</ref> | |date=29 February 2016}}</ref> | ||
At an auction of Souza's painting ''The Last Supper'' (1990) held by [[Sotheby's]] in 2019, his former muse and fellow artist [[Nimisha Sharma]] interrupted the auction after the bidding had ended. She asked repeatedly who was the artist’s “+” in his signature for that painting. Observers later speculated it was her way of telling the art world that she had painted it along with him.<ref name=Gehi>{{cite news | |||
|last1=Gehi | |||
|first1=Reema | |||
|title=Souza’s muse interrupts show, a Gaitonde painting goes unsold | |||
|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/souzas-muse-interrupts-show-a-gaitonde-painting-goes-unsold/articleshow/72079861.cms | |||
|access-date=21 August 2021 | |||
|work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | |||
|date=16 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
==Public collections== | ==Public collections== | ||
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[[Category:1924 births]] | [[Category:1924 births]] | ||
[[Category:2002 deaths]] | [[Category:2002 deaths]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:British emigrants to the United States]] | ||
[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]] | [[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art alumni]] | [[Category:Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art alumni]] | ||
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[[Category:Indian Expressionist painters]] | [[Category:Indian Expressionist painters]] | ||
[[Category:Painters from Goa]] | [[Category:Painters from Goa]] | ||
[[Category:Indian emigrants to | [[Category:Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom]] | ||