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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 67 8746 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

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Nandalal had a strong affinity for sketching, his subjects being the surrounding environs, people in their everyday life or anything that he found fascinating. In this sketch he has rendered a local man of Puri, probably engaged in grinding on stone. Fluid, calligraphic strokes of the brush have been employed to delineate the contours of the human figure. In his book, 'On Art' Nandalal 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."
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