MUMBAI: Here is good news for art lovers and connoisseurs lamenting loss of precious artefacts and paintings that adored the iconic hotel Taj's interiors for
years in last week's terror attack.
Renowned artist M F Husain, whose three paintings were pride of the lobby of the heritage hotel for last eight years and destroyed during the terrorists' 59-hour siege, has
announced he would paint fresh ones for the hotel.
"I have decided to paint a series of paintings condemning the attack. I am sure someday the Taj will regain its glory and I hope to show these paintings there," the
nonagenarian painter told a newspaper here from Dubai.
"It would also be my personal tribute to Taj staff members who laid down their lives for others," he said.
Husain also had a word of praise for the Tatas, owners of the Taj.
"He (Tata Group chief Ratan Tata) and his father Jamshedji have always been great patrons of art and culture. I laud Tatas for what they have done for the nation while most other businessmen have only been interested in furthering their interests."
Merely contemplating the damage caused to artefacts and interiors of the hotel sends a chill down the spine, the painter said.
"The Taj has so many paintings apart from mine. I shudder to think what has happened to them. The Taj is the only hotel in Mumbai which has given so much importance to
modern art," he said.
