NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966)

"Created in 1937, this remarkably sensitive image of a goat evokes the patience and forbearance of the humble people of India's rural communities and embodies the ideals of Gandhi espoused by Nandalal. Nandalal executed numerous studies of quotidian aspects of village life, including goats, a constant fixture in the Santal villages near Santiniketan.

He experimented with different media, including a variety of printmaking techniques that were being actively pursued at Kala Bhavan. The emphasis on the technical skill of line drawing necessary to create etchings appealed to Nandalal, and he produced several suberp series of etchings during the mid-1930s." (Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose, exhibition catalogue, Singapore, 2008,
p. 153)