F.N. Souza | Tuli Research Centre for India Studies

Date of Birth: 12 Apr 1924
Zodiac sign: Aries
Date of Death: 28 Mar 2002
Age: 77
Place of Birth: Saligao, Goa, India
Place of Death: Mumbai, India
Spouse(s): Maria figueiredo (m. 1946; div. 1964)barbara zinkant (m. 1965; div. 1977) partner liselotte kristian (1954–1961)srimati lal (1993–2002)
Children: 5
State Country of Birth: Goa, India
State Country of Death: India

1937
1. St. Xaviers High School, Mumbai, India; Later expelled
  1937 – 1939
1940
1. Joined Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India; Later expelled
  1940 – 1945
1949
1. Spent time at Central School of Art, London, UK
  1949 – 1955
1952
1. Studied Drawing at Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1960
1. Undertook a study tour of Italy on an Italian Government Scholarship, granted upon the recommendation of the British Council.

1945
1. Joined the Communist Party of India
1947
1. Founder member, Progressive Artists Group, Mumbai, India (of which first members were K.H. Ara, S.K. Bakre, H.A. Gade, M.F. Husain and S.H. Raza)
1950
1. Wrote autobiographical essays to buy paint and food while in London, UK
1954
1. Wrote autobiographical essay about Goa, Nirvana of a Maggot, London, UK
1959
1. Published his autobiography Words and Lines, London, UK
1966
1. Drawings for book Inner Circle, Macmillan, London, UK

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