Nandalal bose biography samples
Nandalal bose biography samples
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Nandalal Bose
Indian artist and a pioneer of modern Indian art (1882-1966)
Padma Vibhushan Nandalal Bose | |
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Bose on a 1967 stamp of India | |
| Born | (1882-12-03)3 December 1882 Haveli Kharagpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 16 April 1966(1966-04-16) (aged 83) Santiniketan, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Contextual Modernism |
| Spouse | Sudhira Devi (1903) |
| Relatives | Gouri Bhanja (daughter) Jamuna Sen (daughter) Surendranath Kar (cousin) |
| 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 |
Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) 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 pri