Fanindra Nath Bose (2 March 1888 – 1 August 1926) was a Bengal-born sculptor known for his small works in bronze. He worked in Scotland and for sometime was appointed sculptor to the Gaekwar Maharaja Sayajirao III of Baroda.

Life and work

Bose was born in Bohor, Vikrampura, Bengal, son of Babu Taranath Bose. He joined the Jubilee Art Academy and then went to the Government School of Art at Calcutta where he studied under E.B. Havell. He then moved to England and joined the Royal Institution at Edinburgh. He joined the Edinburgh College of Art in 1909 studying under

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and received a diploma in 1911. A travel scholarship of £100 allowed him to study in Paris under

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and M.J.A. Mercie. He returned to Scotland and set up a studio in Edinburgh, exhibiting first at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1913 two statuettes "''The Boy and the Crab''" and "''The Hunter''". The second caught the attention of the Maharaja of Gaekwar who had another copy made for him apart from several other commissions for the Laxmi Vilas Palace and Gardens. The original was bought by Sir William Gascombe John. He visited Baroda briefly and taught sculpture at the ''Kala Bhavan''. Other sculptures by Bose are at the War Memorial, East Lothian, and St. Johns Church, Perth. He was the first Indian member of the

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, elected in 1925. In India, the Modern Review of May 1921 carried a review of his work by Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly under the pen name of "Agastya" who criticized, like nationalists of the period, that Bose's work was "un-Indian". File:The Hunter Bose.jpg, The Hunter File:End of the Day Bose.jpg, End of the Day File:The Falconer Bose.jpg, The Falconer File:Fanindra Bose sculpture.jpg, To the well and Snake charmer File:To the temple Bose.jpg, To the temple

Personal life

Bose married Mary (or Molly) Ferguson and ran his Dean Studio at 4 Belford Road, Edinburgh.

Death

On 1 August 1926, Bose drowned while

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in a loch near

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. He was 38."Lowry to fund spending spree on Scottish art"
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'', 3 June 2011

References

External links

Biographical notes

Note on Fanindra Bose

Boy in Pain

Art UK

Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bose, Fanindra 1888 births 1926 deaths Indian sculptors Royal Scottish Academicians British India emigrants to the United Kingdom Deaths by drowning in the United Kingdom