National Gallery of Modern Art-Parikraman

Home
Parikraman
Nandalal Bose
Album
A Sketch from Album No. 26

Nandalal Bose

A Sketch from Album No. 26 7559 Nandalal Bose Pencil on postcard

This postcard shows a simple line drawing of a peacock, without much detail or embellishment, probably from a temple sculpture. Eminent artist A. Ramachandran in the book, 'Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose' has made the following observation about Nandalal's drawings and sketches - "He made quick graphic impressions, often simplifying them to just few lines as he sought to understand the inherent structure of what he was seeing. At times he recorded objects in a more analytical way, while at others he transformed them into visual codes of pattern."