Nandalal Bose

thumb Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 - 16 April 1966) was an Indian painter. He is known for his indigenous style without being influenced by the Western academic style. His paintings were commissioned by both Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi during the freedom struggle of India. He designed the paintings for the Constitution of India. He also designed the awards Bharat Ratna and Padma Bhushan. Quotes Quotes about Bose After the Faizpur Congress, Gandhi realised the potential of art to unite people, and he thought it could be further exploited at the Haripura Congress. So, he insisted on an exhibition by Bose. Dr. Deepak Kannal to The Hindu, with Shilpa Elizbeth for the column Revisiting Haripura Panels and the vivid brush strokes of Indian history (Nandalal Bose is) a man who could make art out of anything. Gandhi That must have been a great challenge for Nandalal Bose. After training in Bengal School, he started teaching in Shantiniketan and was given the charge to lead the art school there. There he must have undergone tremendous turmoil, but it seems that he faced that challenge very successfully. He did not surrender his indigenous idiom. But at the same time, it seems that he gave a contemporary undercurrent to it Dr. Deepak Kannal Your brush inundates the hearts of Indians with colour And keeps bringing ever-new riches to Bengal’s Lakshmi. God has blessed you with auspicious talent; In imperishable ink you write the name of our country On the canvas of the world. Your brush, O Nanda, Enchants the heart of this Poet Rabindranath Tagore (Translation of some lines from Rabindranath Tagore's letter to Nandalal Bose in April 1914, as published in the article ‘Master Moshai’ Nandalal Bose in The Tribune When you look at the images of the dark skinned men and women you know how much Nandalal loved simple people, and understood the lives of local villagers. Shruti Das to the Times of India for the column Rhythms of Haripura at NGMA Mumbai A profound spirituality underlies these works, for he adhered to the advaita Vedantic tenet that one god through playful creative activity (lila) generated the world in all its multiplicity, and that there is a divine life rhythm (pranachhanda) pervading and unifying all of creation. Shruti Das For he [Nandalal] is a creative artist and I am none. God has given me the sense of art but not the organs to give it concrete shape. He blessed Sjt. Nandalal Bose with both. Gandhi External Links