Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 17 Sep 1915
- Zodiac sign
- Virgo
- Date of Death
- 09 Jun 2011
- Age
- 95
- Place of Birth
- Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India
- Place of Death
- London, UK
- Spouse(s)
- Fazila Bibi
- Year Marriage Registered
- 1941
- Children
- OHOwais Husainb. 1967SHShamshad Husain1946 – 24 Oct 2015Raisa HusainAqueela HusainShafaat HusainMustafa Husain
- Parent(s)
- Zunaib HusainFida Husain
- Siblings
- Zubeida S. Ali
- State Country of Birth
- Maharashtra, India
- State Country of Death
- UK
1932
- Trained for a year at Indore School of Art, under the tutelage of D.D. Deolalikar and N.S. Bendre
1933
- Trained briefly at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
1947
- Joined the Progressive Artists' Group, Mumbai, IndiaAssociated Institution
1952
- Part of a sixty member delegation from India to the World Peace Conference, ChinaOfficial Position
1986
- Nominated to the Rajya SabhaOfficial Position
1986 – 1992
1988
- Participated in a fund raising programme for the Bombay Art Society with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Tata Theatre, Mumbai, IndiaAssociated Institution
1990
- Established Sankalana Museum, Bengaluru on land allotted by the then Chief Minister of Karnataka, Ramakrishna HegdeAssociated Institution
1991
- Painted the Satyajit Ray Series as part of the Indian Express Fund raiser for victims of the Garhwal earthquakeAssociated Institution
1992
- Established his own gallery, Husain ki Sarai in Faridabad, IndiaAssociated Institution
- Started the Husain-Doshi Gufa in Ahmedabad, India; construction began in 1992, opened in 1995Associated Institution
1992 – 1995
2001
- Associated with RABO India Finance Pvt. Ltd., to encourage associations between art and bankingAssociated Institution
Calendar 6
- ArchivedOpening PreviewProject 82SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th August 20266:00 PM - 9:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 81SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th - 19th August 202610:00 AM - 7:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,19The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 79All Living SoulsExpressed in Modern & Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts | Curated by Neville Tuli6th - 11th May 202610:30am - 7:30pmVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
- ArchivedOpening PreviewProject 78All Living SoulsExpressed in Modern & Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts | Curated by Neville Tuli5th May 20266:00pm - 9:00pmVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 5Self Discovery via Rediscovering India Series Part IV Building www.tuliresearchcentre.org20th - 23rd February 2025Self Discovery via Rediscovering India Series Part IVRead More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 1Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Series Inaugural Exhibition14th - 29th March 2024Inaugural ExhibitionRead More →