1882- 1966)
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi which is housing a wonderful exhibition on Nandalal Bose. He is considered to be the father of Indian Modern Art. It also shows his close association with Mahatma Ghandi and his support for Ghandi’s non violent struggle.
Nandalal Bose was born in Bihar, India, in 1882. At the beginning of his career in 1905, he was one of many artists and visionaries who sought to revive the spirituality and cultural authenticity of Indian art after 50 years of colonial rule and westernization. In 1919, Bose became the first director of the art school at the new university founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in rural Bengal.
He spent much of his life experimenting with a variety of styles and art forms so when you see his paintings you see Chinese, Indian and Japanese styles but he is most famous for the way he captured the fishermen and the tribal people going about their daily lives and it was this portrayal of village India without dependence on Western materials or styles that captured the attention of Gandhi and catapulted Bose to the status of national icon and the only artist Gandhi patronized. He was inspired by Ghandi’s walk to Dandi to protest at the British salt tax and he supported all his non violent struggles and ideals.
Bose painted a black and white lithograph of the Revered Father in his simple Dhoti and this became one of the best known of his works.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi which is housing a wonderful exhibition on Nandalal Bose. He is considered to be the father of Indian Modern Art. It also shows his close association with Mahatma Ghandi and his support for Ghandi’s non violent struggle.
Nandalal Bose was born in Bihar, India, in 1882. At the beginning of his career in 1905, he was one of many artists and visionaries who sought to revive the spirituality and cultural authenticity of Indian art after 50 years of colonial rule and westernization. In 1919, Bose became the first director of the art school at the new university founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in rural Bengal.
He spent much of his life experimenting with a variety of styles and art forms so when you see his paintings you see Chinese, Indian and Japanese styles but he is most famous for the way he captured the fishermen and the tribal people going about their daily lives and it was this portrayal of village India without dependence on Western materials or styles that captured the attention of Gandhi and catapulted Bose to the status of national icon and the only artist Gandhi patronized. He was inspired by Ghandi’s walk to Dandi to protest at the British salt tax and he supported all his non violent struggles and ideals.
Bose painted a black and white lithograph of the Revered Father in his simple Dhoti and this became one of the best known of his works.
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