Nandalal Bose, who passed away on 16 April 1966, aged 83, in Santiniketan, West Bengal, was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
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. In 1976, the Archaeological
Survey of India, Department of Culture, Government 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".[
He was given the work of illustrating
the constitution of India.
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