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Crucifixion

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Oil painting by Francis Newton Souza (1959). Large-scale crucifixion scene in Souza's expressionist manner: dense impasto, distorted anatomy, intense religious-erotic charge drawing on Goan Catholic iconography. Held by Tate, London.

Scholarly Significance

PAG / Indian modernism anchor: Souza's Crucifixion at Tate.

Notes

·Exemplifies Souza's mature London-period style: thick paint, distorted figures, high emotional intensity.
·Goan Catholic background is the direct source for the religious subject matter.