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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 62 8617 Nandalal Bose Watercolour on postcard

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Nandalal mastered the Sino- Japanese techniques of painting being first influenced by Okakura Kakuzo and the train of Japanese artists who visited India after him especially Arai Kampo. The blurring of the linear outlines of the figures and the harmonious dilution of the colours were techniques Nandalal acquired from the arts of the Far East. The technique of modulating the ink tones from darker through lighter to obtain a variety of shades from near white, through grey tones to blacks was mastered and implemented in several of his works. The use of varying ink tones can specially be seen in this particular sketch where the artist has observed and studied carefully the minutest of details such as the shape of the trunk or the leaves they bore.
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