Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
Padma Vibhushan
Nandalal Bose
Nandalal Bose 1967 stamp of India.jpg
Bose on a 1967 stamp of India
Born
3 December 1882
Haveli Kharagpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bihar, India)[1]
Died
16 April 1966 (aged 83)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality
Indian
Education
University of Calcutta, Government College of Art and Craft
Known for
Painting
Movement
Contextual Modernism
Spouse
Sudhira Devi (1903)
Children
4
Awards
Principal of Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan (1921), Padma Vibhushan (1954), Fellow of the Lalit Kala Academy (1954), Deshikottam (1952), honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1921. He was influenced by the Tagore family and the murals of Ajanta; his classic works include paintings of scenes from Indian mythologies, women, and village life.
Today, many critics consider his paintings among India's most important modern paintings.[2][3][4] In 1976, the Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Culture, Govt. of India declared his works among the "nine artists" whose work, "not being antiquities", were to be henceforth considered "to be art treasures, having regard to their artistic and aesthetic value".[5]
He was given the work of illustrating the constitution of India.
