S H RAZA

About:

• Sayed Haider Raza (22 February 1922 – 23 July 2016) was an Indian painter who lived and worked in France from 1950 until his death, while maintaining strong ties with India.
  
  
• In 1947, he co-founded the revolutionary Bombay Progressive Artists' Group (PAG) (1947–1956) along with K. H. Ara and F. N. Souza. This group set out to break free from the influences of European realism in Indian art and bring Indian inner vision (Antar gyan) into the art.
  
  
• The ‘Bindu’ is S.H. Raza’s most iconic symbol, one that featured in many of his artworks made during the last three decades of his life.
  
  
• He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Academi in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2007, and Padma Vibhushan in 2013.
  
  
• He was conferred with the Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 2015.