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A Sketch from Album No. 85 9186 Nandalal Bose Pen & Ink on postcard

Nandalal Bose had firm belief that for the creation of art an intimate understanding of the nature and its ways is imperative. He had a strong affinity for sketching and drawing, instantly recording in the post card sized papers his subjects from the surrounding environs, people in their everyday life, animals, flora and fauna or anything that he found fascinating. The drawings complete in themselves were his vivid observations of the characteristics and attributes of subjects chosen from his immediate surroundings. The above postcard shows a contour study of 'Palash' flower, also known as 'Flame of the Forest'. The rhythmic lines add life and grace to this orange coloured flower, which marks the advent of spring season in West Bengal.