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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 66 8730 Nandalal Bose Ink on postcard

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Nandalal Bose had a strong affinity for sketching, his subjects being the surrounding environs, people in their everyday life, animals or anything that he found fascinating. In the above painting, the fluid brushwork and its strong delineation in the calligraphic style adds vigour, movement and life to the human figures. The waves of the sea are executed in bold sweeping strokes. Nandalal Bose in his book, 'On Art' writes- "To acquire right knowledge and perception one should study men and animals when they are on the move or are active: when one can note in action the how and wherefore of the body's muscles, tendons and joints. Such study makes for useful knowledge and its easy retention in mind. Such knowledge, without doubt, is natural and living."
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