India mourns as legendary,higly prized paint artist MF Hussain passes away
India's most highly prized artist MF Husain dies aged 95 He had been unwell for several months. One of India's most famous artists, MF Husain, has died in hospital in London aged 95 after years of self-imposed exile. Maqbool Fida Husain was India's most highly prized - and perhaps most controversial - painter and his work sold for millions of dollars. His paintings of nude Hindu goddesses angered hardline Hindus who accused him of obscenity. He left India in 2006 and took up Qatari nationality in 2010. Mr Husain has also made two Bollywood films, although both failed at the box office. The maverick artist was often called the "Picasso of India" and influenced a whole generation of artists in the country. 'Never aged' With flowing white hair and long beard, he was known to walk barefoot at social gatherings. Leading Indian artist Anjolie Ela Menon said that Mr Husain's "enormous body of work is matched by Pablo Picasso's body of work...