Over the course of his artistic journey, Sayed Haider Raza moved from painting watercolour landscapes, experimentations with Western art movements when he was in Paris, and later to geometric abstraction as he often returned to his homeland and sought to connect with the Indian forest landscape. This year, his centenary coincides with that of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS). To celebrate his oeuvre, Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation’s (JNAF) exhibition Zamin: Homelands traces his journey through his idea of belonging and experiences of migration evident in his work as a landscape and diaspora artist in pursuit of a modern Indian visual language.

SH Raza’s photographs, brushes and palette. Pics courtesy/Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai