"Devi I (1961)" is a well-known painting by the famous Indian artist M F Husain. Hussain’s art involved an altered Cubist style, and incorporated primordial avenues of Indian mythology and culture. He frequently drew inspiration from epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and characterised gods and goddesses in modernist style.
Husain’s depictions of historic figures, rural and urban Indian life, and religious iconography grew increasingly experimental over his lifetime, culminating with an unfinished series of triptychs, “Indian Civilization,” which pays tribute to Indian history and reveals Husain’s own personal mythology.
