A TRIBUTE TO ACHARYA NANDALAL BOSE by Pratim Das
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A TRIBUTE TO ACHARYA NANDALAL BOSE....(COPIED FROM HARIPURA CONGRESS POSTER PHOTOGRAPH. ORIGINAL ONE PAINTED BY NANDALAL BOSE).....WATERCOLOUR ...A4...Nandalal Bose (Bengali: ননà§à¦¦à¦²à¦¾à¦² বসà§, Nondo-lal BoshÅ«) (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was an Indian painter of the Bengal school of art. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1922. He was influenced by the Tagore family and the murals of Ajanta; his classic works include paintings of scenes from Indian mythologies, women, and village life. Today, many critics consider his paintings among India's most important modern paintings. In 1976, the Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Culture, Govt. of India declared his works among the "nine artists" whose work, "not being antiquities", were to be henceforth considered "to be art treasures, having regard to their artistic and aesthetic value". Nandalal was born on 3 December 1882 in a middle-class Bengali family of Kharagpur, a small town in the Monghyr district of Bihar state. His father, Purnachandra Bose, was at that time working in the Darbhanga Estate. His mother Kshetramonidevi was a housewife with a skill in improvising toys and dolls for young Nandalal. From his early days Nandalal began taking an interest in modelling images and later, decorating Puja pandals. Nanadalal wanted to study art, but he was not given permission by his family. Unable to qualify for promotion in his classes, Nandalal moved to other colleges, joining the Presidency College in 1905 to study commerce. After repeated failures, he persuaded his family to let him study art at Calcutta's School of Art. In 1956, he became the second artist to be elected Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art. In 1954, Nandalal Bose was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. In 1957, the University of Calcutta conferred honorary D.Litt on him. Vishvabharati Uni
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