Name of the painter of famous painting, ‘Mahishasura’.

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  1. MF Hussain
  2. Amrita Sher-Gil
  3. Raja Ravi Verma
  4. Tyeb Mehta

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Option 4 : Tyeb Mehta
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  • Tyeb Mehta is the painter of famous painting, ‘Mahishasura’.
  • Mahishasura is a series of paintings painted by Tyeb Mehta after he visited Shantiniketan.
  • He got inspired by ancient mythology and Hindu literature. The series portrays a legend in which King Rambha and a she-buffalo produces a son who can never be defeated.
  • This series is particularly famous for simultaneity of perspective and figures, the juxtaposition of linear and volumed representation, and varying frontal and profiled angles of vision, etc.
  • Tyeb is also a recipient of Padma Bhushan.
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