It was the late 1940s when artist Krishen Khanna and his friend saw a man seated in a cubbyhole at Warden Road in Breach Candy, making a painting of a house opposite. Little did Khanna know then that the seated artist was Raza, with whom he would have a lifelong friendship. Raza, one of the co-founders of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group, passed away yesterday at the age of 94 after a prolonged illness. The last rites will be conducted in Mandala in Madhya Pradesh, according to his wishes.

Syed Haider Raza. Pic/Art Musings