Story of a great teacher, a teacher who is worshipped by his students.

This is a sketch by Nanda Lal Bose, the sketch is of a tribal old man.
Nanda Lal Bose was a pioneer of modern Indian art practice and worshipped by his students. His students have expressed in their writings and interviews about their teacher. One of his student Dhiren Krishna  Dev Barman once said how Nanda Lal Bose use to teach them about Nature study,  according to him nature study means a lot, it's not only the form, shape or colours of trees, flowers and sky. It is also about animals, birds, humans or anything in nature, their characters , their expressions, movements and many other things. To express the true essence of nature an artist must understand all these. He believed an artist should be a keen observer of nature, nature study should be a daily routine for an artist but he also  taught his students  not to follow  the sketches or exact appearance of things while making paintings ,rather an artist should feel the environment or the character of what he or she wants to draw or paint. It is  like meditation ,  a soul involvement with nature and then only one could bring the originals of it on the paper or canvas. His students Ramkinkar Beij, Binad Bihari Mukherjee, Indra Dugar and many other artists have reflected his teachings through their works. He is being  called as Master Moshai in santiniketon and the respect is so high that no other teacher is given this title. An amazing artist and teacher who is worshipped .