Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s4.t3.83

v2.c11.s4.t3.83

It is to be noted that Nandalal Bose had come under the influence of four different sets of ideologies and teachings of the four great personalities of his time, which had deep impressions on his philosophy of art and painting - Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Abanindranath Tagore - his guru, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. If Sri Ramakrishna provided a spiritual anchor to Nandalal, Mahatma Gandhi fed his nationalistic aspirations. Abanindranath attached value and substance to his passion for art and Rabindranath, the philosophical moorings of art. Rabindranath met Nandalal while the latter was doing his apprentice in Calcutta School of Art. Between 1909-1914, the artist and the poet Rabindranath met each other frequently and exchanged views.