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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. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1921.
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.
Jan 25, 2018 · Nandalal Bose’s involvement in India’s freedom movement started as far back as 1930s when he created this linocut print of Mahatma Gandhi walking with a stick. Created to mark Gandhi’s arrest for starting the Dandi March (protesting the British tax on Salt), the image evoked a sense of strong will to overcome all obstacles.
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...
Apr 21, 2022 · A pedagogue and one of the first Indian Modern artists, Nandalal Bose is known for his contributions to the visual identity of the Indian nationalist movement and newly-independent India.
Nandalal Bose, the doyen of modern Indian art, was born in the Munger district of Bihar. Bose was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi, and produced his famous artwork Bapuji in April 1930, during the peak of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Nandalal Bose was one of the leading figures of the Neo-Bengal school in India, which sought a new pictorial language in response to early twentieth-century nationalist agitation. The school developed an indigenous and national visual aesthetic, separate from the prevailing British colonial academic painting style.
At a time when India’s artistic traditions had been largely lost after years of British colonial rule, one artist, Nandalal Bose made a unique contribution through art and education towards the cultural regeneration and independence of the nation. Unmistakably Nandalal Bose occupies the central position within development of modern art sphere.
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.
