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
simplified figurative
subjectMatter everyday occupations
folk performances
village festivals
usedFor Congress session decoration
political mobilization

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Nandalal Bose notableWork Haripura Posters