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The present lots comprise two vivid still life paintings by F N Souza depicting flowers placed in a pot and a vase, respectively. An unusual choice of subject matter for Souza, who became famous for his searing figurative and landscape works, the present lots were painted in 1946, a year before he co?founded the Progressive Artists’ Group with fellow artists K H Ara and S H Raza in Bombay. Around this time, Souza had briefly returned to his... The present lots comprise two vivid still life paintings by F N Souza depicting flowers placed in a pot and a vase, respectively. An unusual choice of subject matter for Souza, who became famous for his searing figurative and landscape works, the present lots were painted in 1946, a year before he co?founded the Progressive Artists’ Group with fellow artists K H Ara and S H Raza in Bombay. Around this time, Souza had briefly returned to his hometown in Goa, following his expulsion from the J J School of Art in 1945. This return brought a fresh perspective to his work, and inspired him to paint everything around him. “Pictures of peasants toiling in the fields, fisherfolk, priests, Goan women, landscapes. I was amazed to see seeds grow out of the soil, forming beautiful shoots, leaves, buds, flowers…” (The artist quoted in The Illustrated Weekly of India, 14?20 September 1991) In the year that followed, Souza held solo shows at The Bombay Art Society on 1 December 1945 and at the Silverfish Club, New Book Company in July 1946. This was a formative period for Souza, and many elements that would come to characterise his oeuvre, such as the use of bold lines, can be seen in the present lots.

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