F. N. Souza | |
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![]() Souza in Goa, 2002 | |
Born | Francisco Victor Newton de Souza 12 April 1924 |
Died | 28 March 2002 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 77)
Nationality | Portuguese, then British[1][verification needed] |
Known for | Painting, Drawing |
Notable work | Birth (1955) |
Movement | Expressionism |
Spouse |
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Partner(s) | Liselotte Kristian (1954–1961) Srimati Lal (1993–2002) |
Children | 5 |
Relatives | Lancelot Ribeiro (half-brother) Solomon Souza (grandson) Solomon, another savant in the Souza lineage. He has made an outsized reputation for himself as a spectacular muralist in Israel, the UK, the US, and also back in Goa. |
Francis Newton Souza (12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002) was an artist of modern Indian painting, a founding member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group his style exhibited both decadence and primitivism.[2]