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Nandalal Bose

MA

Collectors Choice22 Jun - 23 Jun, 2022

Medium:Pencil on paper

Year:1955
Size:3.5 x 2.8

Estimate

₹ 2,00,000 - ₹ 3,00,000

Sold for

₹ 3,31,676

Inclusive of margin

Provenance : Property from a private collection based in Mumbai. Artwork was acquired by the present owner from Christie’s.

About the Artist

Nandalal Bose

Bose was born in Tarapur, Munger district of Bihar, in 1882 He moved to Calcutta in 1897 for his education and studied art at the Calcutta’s School of Art in 1905 He was mentored by Abindranath Tagore and was greatly influenced by all of the Tagore’s artistic elements He was appointed as the principal at the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan by Rabindranth Tagore in 1922 Being greatly involved with an international group of artists, he was influenced by Japanese artists such as Okakura Kakuzo and Yokoyama Taikan along with modernist sculptures like Eric Gill and Jacod Epstein His works included scenes from Indian mythology, iconography, the female form as well as village influences He was also deeply influenced by the murals of the Ajanta caves Bose lived and passed away in K... Read More

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