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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 72 8886 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

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Nandalal's exploration of the different ways of delineating a line allowed him to experiment in representation of lines in its varying forms adding rhythm, vigour and life to the form of the figures. Nandalal renders the above composition in line drawing, stylistically executing the nature's elements- trees, plants, bushes and birds. A. Ramachandran in the book, 'Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose' writes, "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."
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