Husain was noticed for the first time in 1947 when he won an award at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society. Subsequently he was invited by Souza to join the Progressive Artist's Group. A great deal of experimentation in the early years led to some remarkable works The Spider And The Lamp and Zameen and Man. By 1955 he was one of the leading artists in India and had been awarded the Padma Shri.
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