Nandalal Bose was born in Bihar in 1882 who trained under Abanindranath Tagore and along with painting, learnt from him the technique of teaching art as a subject. He joined the Government Art College, Calcutta in 1905 and then went to Santiniketan in 1914. He was handpicked by Rabindranath Tagore to teach at the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan.

Nandalal Bose worked with various mediums such as water colour, wash, tempera, wood-cut, lithograph, dry-point, pencil-sketch, pastels, batik on cloth, Italian fresco and Ajanta style fresco. Besides learning from European art and drawing upon indigenous sources for his artistic expression, Nandalal also imbibed the wash technique used by Japanese artists. He is mostly known for his wash works, pen and ink drawings and frescoes.

Nandalal Bose passed away on 16 April 1966.

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The Art of the Painted Postcard: Nandalal Bose and his Contemporaries

by Bhavya Sah

A recent un-boxing of painted postcards between the artist, Nandalal Bose and Ramesh Charan Basu Majumdar, a teacher and his close friend, has led to exciting additions to the vast oeuvre of Nandalal Bose. The postcards emerged in the personal archives of Basu Majumdar’s family and were gifted to the

Nandalal Bose

by Rabindranath Tagore, trans by Somnath Moitra

Published in World Window Vol. 4, No. 3, April-June 1961, pp. 10-12

Spinoza the philosopher may perhaps be kept distinct from Spinoza the man. But it would certainly give us a clearer understanding of his writings if we could understanding of his writings if we could relate his philosophy to his life.

Nandalal Bose

The Art of the Painted Postcard: Nandalal Bose and his Contemporaries

Nandalal Bose

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