Crimson Crest

The horse has fascinated Husain since his formative years. He Studied Sung horses during his vist to China in 1952 and Renaissance horses during his trips to Europe. Horses can be associated with life-sustaining forces, and it is primarily in this capacity that they appear in several of Husain's paintings. "Husain's horses are subterranean creatures. Their nature is not intellectualised: it is rendered as sensation or as abstract movement, with a capacity to stir up vague premonitions and passions, in a mixture of ritualistic fear and anguish." (Richard Bartholomew and Shiv Kapur, Husain, New York, p. 43.)