Expensive Paintings by Celebrated Indian Artist Francis Newton Souza

Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) is one of those rare artists whose paintings either take you aback or make you fall completely in love with them. Francis Newton Souza is the founder of India’s Progressive Art Movement. Francis Newton Souza famously said, "Renaissance painters painted men and women, making them look like angels. I paint for angels to show them what men and women really look like." His paintings portray a strange sense of violence, and each of his strokes is different. He is an Indian-born artist who hailed from Goa. As a young student, he was expelled from school and was later expelled from Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai. Even though his own country rejected his art, he is internationally acclaimed. Francis Newton Souza was born in Goa in 1924, and he was a Roman Catholic. His views on the Church always clashed with its teachings, and his art is a culmination of the miseries of Indian women and the Church. His paintings are the most sought-after in the art industry, and they are often among the most expensive at Sotheby's auctions.