Nandalal bose wikipedia

Nandalal Bose (1882-1966)

Born in Kharagpur in 1882, Nandalal spent his early life in the Kharagpur and Darbhanga area where he learnt to love nature and the simple ways of country life. He would spend hours watching the local artisans in their craft of making toys out of clay and he would also try his hand at it. At the age of sixteen, he left for Calcutta, where after a few years of unsuccessful attempts at academic studies in various colleges, he decided to study fine arts under Abanindranath Tagore at the GovernmentArt School.

In 1909, he accompanied Lady Herringham to the Ajanta Caves to copy the mural paintings. In 1915, when the Vicitra Club was started at Jorasanko, Nandalal joined as an art teacher. During this period he often visited the Brahmacaryasrama atSantiniketan. His first visit in 1914 was a spiritual experience which left a lasting impress on his personality and his career as an artist. In 1923, Nandalal, with permission from hi

Mahatma Gandhi (Bapuji) on the Dandi March

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Nandalal Bose

Title

Mahatma Gandhi (Bapuji) on the Dandi March

Place

India (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1925–1935

Medium

Linocut print on paper

Dimensions

35 × 22.3 cm (13 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Supratik Bose

Reference Number

2009.743

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Nandalal Bose

Indian artist and a pioneer of modern Indian art (1882-1966)

Padma Vibhushan

Nandalal Bose

Bose on a 1967 stamp of India

Born(1882-12-03)3 December 1882

Haveli Kharagpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bihar, India)[1]

Died16 April 1966(1966-04-16) (aged 83)

Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

NationalityIndian
Known forPainting
MovementContextual Modernism
SpouseSudhira Devi (1903)
RelativesGouri Bhanja (daughter)
Jamuna Sen (daughter)
Surendranath Kar (cousin)
AwardsPrincipal of Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan (1921), Padma Vibhushan (1954), Fellow of the Lalit Kala Academy (1954), Deshikottam (1952), honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta

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. He was influenced by the Tagore family and the murals o

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