William Grimes New York Times

Fischer, a locksmith by training and an obsessive tinkerer, came up with his first patented invention in 1947.

Maqbool Fida Husain, an artist whose modernist reinterpretations of mythic and religious subjects made him India's most famous painter and, in recent years, a target of right-wing Hindu groups, died on Thursday in London. He was 95. Mr Husain, who developed his sweeping brushstrokes and bright palette when he painted movie billboards in Mumbai, app...

Fischer, a locksmith by training and an obsessive tinkerer, came up with his first patented invention in 1947.

Maqbool Fida Husain, an artist whose modernist reinterpretations of mythic and religious subjects made him India's most famous painter and, in recent years, a target of right-wing Hindu groups, died on Thursday in London. He was 95. Mr Husain, who developed his sweeping brushstrokes and bright palette when he painted movie billboards in Mumbai, app...