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F.N. Souza

1924–2002

Head of a Man 1965
© The estate of F.N. Souza/DACS, London 2025
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Francis Newton Souza (Portuguese: Francisco Victor Newton de Souza; 12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002) was an artist of modern Indian painting, and a founding member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group. His style exhibited both decadence and primitivism.

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Progressive Artists’ Group

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  • Two Saints in a Landscape

    F.N. Souza
    1961
  • Crucifixion

    F.N. Souza
    1959
    On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • Head of a Man

    F.N. Souza
    1965

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  • ‘Portrait (of Maurice Jadot)’ by F. N. Souza

    F.N. Souza
    1959
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