Untitled (Still Life)

"Untitled (Still Life)" by Francis Newton Souza demonstrates the artist's characteristic expressive approach to figuration, combining bold gestural brushwork with vibrant color to animate everyday objects. Created during Souza's prolific period of exploration in the mid twentieth century, the work reflects his synthesis of modernist abstraction and representational form. The painting exemplifies Souza's distinctive style, which emerged from the Progressive Artists' Group in India and was later refined through his engagement with the European avant garde.