Haripura Posters
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Haripura Posters is a celebrated series of nationalist-themed artworks created by Indian modernist painter Nandalal Bose for the 1938 Haripura session of the Indian National Congress.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
ⓘ
poster series ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
poster
ⓘ
tempera ⓘ watercolour ⓘ |
| assistedBy | students of Nandalal Bose ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kala Bhavana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santiniketan school of art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | bold flat colours ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Indian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Haripura session of the Indian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| creator | Nandalal Bose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorRole | Nandalal Bose as chief designer ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | milestone in Indian nationalist visual art ⓘ |
| depicts |
Indian villagers
ⓘ
artisans ⓘ craftspeople ⓘ dancers ⓘ farmers ⓘ folk traditions of India ⓘ musicians ⓘ rural Indian life ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | nationalist art ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late colonial India ⓘ |
| inception | 1938 ⓘ |
| inCollectionOf | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Indian poster art
ⓘ
visual culture of Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| languageOfText |
Bengali
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstDisplay | Haripura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Indian modernism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Nandalal Bose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | visual culture of the Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| politicalTheme |
Indian nationalism
ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ |
| purpose |
to celebrate common people of India
ⓘ
to visually express nationalist ideals ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Haripura session presidential address by Subhas Chandra Bose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
influenced by folk art
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simplified figurative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
everyday occupations
ⓘ
folk performances ⓘ village festivals ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Congress session decoration
ⓘ
political mobilization ⓘ |
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