Hunter, 1937
Title Hunter, 1937
Accession Number ngma-04868
Museum Name National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Object Type Painting
Medium Tempera on paper
Main Artist Nandalal Bose
Artist's Nationality Indian
Country India
Dimensions 59 x 63 cm
Brief Description

Among his prolific body of work, Nandlal Bose also painted a series of posters for the Indian National Congress at Haripura in February 1938. This work was commissioned to him by Mahatma Gandhi to decorate the pandal for the Congress session at Haripura. 

The painting shows a hunter in a folk style.

Detailed Description

Fascinated by the folk art and indigenous modes of expression, Nandlal Bose incorporated these themes in his work with a unique stylized form in his representations and narratives of the local life. His work reflected changing landscapes, portraits of people, sketches from life and places at the time of changing outlook in the modern Indian cultural domain.

His nature to explore the various materials and mediums allowed him to make a prolific body of work in different mediums.