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A SCENE FROM RAMAYANA

Nandalal Bose

A SCENE FROM RAMAYANA 6988 Nandalal Bose Watercolour on paper 28.8 x 20.8 cm

"""""""This painting belongs to a series of monochromatic ink and watercolour paintings inspired by the Sumi-e Japanese technique the artist employed in the last phase of his life. These compositions were stripped to the bare minimum where only a few strokes of ink were employed to create natural forms in an effortless approach. The above painting the artist has executed a scene from Ramayana, where Rama is using his ?asthra? (Arrow) to make the ocean to be dried up through which, he planned to cross that ocean, in order to bring back his wife, who had been kidnapped by the demon king Ravana, with a range of strokes in tonal variations capturing the rhythm and pattern of the image. This painting was purchased from the collection of Shri Biswaroop Bose and Smt. Nivedita Bose, children of Nandalal"""""""