• NGMA India

    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Album No. 79 9017 Nandalal Bose Pen and ink and pencil on postcard

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Nandalal had a strong affinity for sketching; his subjects being from the surrounding environs, people in their everyday life or anything that he found fascinating. The artist executed this sketch with fluid brush strokes rendering the lines in a calligraphic style and depicting the daily chores of the villagers. Here a man of strong built is seen carrying hens tied to a stick as he passes by a house. The regulated patterns of line place the effect of wild shrubs in the backdrop. The lively sense of humour arising from these humble records of the everyday chores of common folks is testimony of Nandalal's keen sense of observation and his empathy for the environment in which he lived.
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