Nandalal Bose

“For he [Nandalal] is a creative artist and I am none. God has given me the sense of art but not the organs to give it concrete shape. He blessed Sjt. Nandalal Bose with both.”

“A profound spirituality underlies these works, for he adhered to the advaita Vedantic tenet that one god through playful creative activity (lila) generated the world in all its multiplicity, and that there is a divine life rhythm (pranachhanda) pervading and unifying all of creation.”

“When you look at the images of the dark skinned men and women you know how much Nandalal loved simple people, and understood the lives of local villagers.”

“Your brush inundates the hearts of Indians with colour”

“That must have been a great challenge for Nandalal Bose. After training in Bengal School, he started teaching in Shantiniketan and was given the charge to lead the art school there. There he must have undergone tremendous turmoil, but it seems that he faced that challenge very successfully. He did not surrender his indigenous idiom. But at the same time, it seems that he gave a contemporary undercurrent to it”

“(Nandalal Bose is) a man who could make art out of anything.”

“After the Faizpur Congress, Gandhi realised the potential of art to unite people, and he thought it could be further exploited at the Haripura Congress. So, he insisted on an exhibition by Bose.”