Fanindra Nath Bose, a world-renowned sculptor, was the first Indian artist to be elected to the Royal Scottish Academy. Taking inspiration from the rich artistic worlds of France and Italy, his sketchbooks are filled with studies from Musée de la Sculpture Comparée in the Trocadero, and the Louvre.
In this sketchbook, Bose studies the minute details of stone carvings, most likely from casts of facades of French cathedrals he encountered in the Louvre. These pocketbook sketches are accompanied by notes that provide more details of what Bose saw that couldn’t be captured quickly whilst on the move.
This sketchbook also contains a variety of animal studies; simple outline drawings capturing the movement Bose translated into his sculptures.
