Updated: June 09, 2011, 12:00 AM
Maqbool Fida Husain
(FILES) In this photograph taken on January 14, 2004, Indian artist Maqbool Fida (M.F) Husain stands against one of his paintings titled 'Last Supper' at the inauguration of his exhibition '...and not only 88 of Hussain' at the National Art Gallery in Mumbai. India's most famous modern artist M.F. Husain, who left the country in 2006 due to threats from Hindu extremists, died early June 9, 2011, in The Royal Brompton Hospital in London, media reports in New Delhi said, citing his family. AFP PHOTO/SEBASTIAN D'SOUZA/FILES
(FILES) In this photograph taken on January 14, 2004, A visitor looks at a huge painting called "Pieta" by Indian artist Maqbool Fida (MF) Hussain on January 14, 2004 at the National Art Gallery in Bombay. Sebastian D'Souza / AFP Photo / Files
Employees hold a painting entitled 'The Sixth Seal' by MF Husain at Sotheby's auction house in central London on May 26, 2011. Carl Court / AFP Photo / Files
MF Husain, India's most famous artist, finishes off a canvas he painted together with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, unseen, during a fund-raising auction in central London's auction house on June 7, 2007. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo/ Files
MF Husain, a famous painter from India at the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi on November 1, 2009. Galen Clarke / The National
MF Husain, speaks to a National reporter at the Capital Club in the Dubai International Financial Centre, in Dubai on April 5, 2010. Randi Sokoloff / The National
MF Husain, speaks to a National reporter at the Capital Club in the Dubai International Financial Centre, in Dubai on April 5, 2010. Randi Sokoloff / The National