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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 73 8894 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

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Nandalal Bose preferred drawing from life, often sketching outdoors with the subject being life, nature studies, landscapes, figure drawings, animals. Often the sketches were small in scale although invigorating with the rich detailing of the artist's observations, experiences and sojourns to various places. The above drawing illustrates a man carrying an implement cross his shoulder. The contours of his body and his drapery are rendered by the artist with strong and fluid lines, accentuating his robustness. Nandalal Bose in his book, 'On Art' has written- "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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