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Nandalal Bose (Nondo-lal Boshū) (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1922.
Nandalal Bose was one of the greatest exponents of modern Indian art. Let's take a look at his childhood, life history, paintings, artwork and achievements.
Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore , Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting.
The paintings and graphic works of Nandalal Bose are filled with intense beauty and endless invention. Remarkable as works of art, they also reflect the trajectory of modern Indian cultural development. The varied range of expressions within his creations reveal his innate skills more clearly than any other medium.
art of Nandalal Bose as paintings, graphic prints, drawings and sketches. Among these works we have the landmark suite of temperas popularly known as Haripura Posters painted in 1938...
Nandalal Bose was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He...
Oct 27, 2020 · Moving away from realist pictorialism, Bose painted many of these images—abstracted landscapes and humble studies of daily Indian life—from memory, building up his paintings from quasi-abstract elements.
The murals at Ajanta caves were the primary artistic inspiration for Nandalal Bose. In the early phase of his career, he spent months in Ajanta copying and studying the murals, whose influence is very well evident in his later works, especially in the Indian constitution.
A titan of modern art in India and key figure of Contextual Modernism, the Archaeological Survey of India declared that Bose’s ‘Indian style’ is a non exportable Indian art treasure. Explore...
Painting, figure under trees, by Nandalal Bose, watercolour and Indian ink on postcard, Bengal, late 1920s or early 1930s
