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'''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 [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|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 [[Ernest Binfield Havell|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 [[Percy Portsmouth]] and received a diploma in 1911. A travel scholarship of £100 allowed him to study in Paris under [[Auguste Rodin]] and [[Antonin Mercié|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 [[Goscombe John|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 John's Kirk|St. John's Kirk]] in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. He was the first Indian member of the [[Royal Scottish Academy]], elected in 1925.<ref>{{cite journal| title= A Bengali Sculptor. The art of Fanindra Bose.|author=Singh, Nihal| pages=497–503|journal=The Modern Review|issue=April, 1921|year=1921}}</ref>

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, like nationalists of the period, criticized Bose's work as "un-Indian".<ref>{{cite journal|author=Trouilloud, Julia Madeleine|year=2017|title=The Reception of Modern European Art in Calcutta: a Complex Negotiation (1910s-1940s).|url=https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=artlas|journal=Artl@s Bulletin|volume=6|issue=2|pages=97–111}}</ref>

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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
</gallery>

==Death==
On 1 August 1926, Bose suffered a heart attack while [[angling]] in a loch near [[Peebles]], and is buried in Liberton Cemetery in Edinburgh. He was 38.<ref>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/lowry-fund-spending-spree-scottish-art-1674315 "Lowry to fund spending spree on Scottish art"] – ''[[The Scotsman]]'', 3 June 2011</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Fanindra Bose}}
* [https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203417853 Biographical notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217050722/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203417853 |date=17 February 2022 }}
* [http://uncover-ed.org/finandra-nath-bose/ Note on Fanindra Bose]
* [https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_item&item=126 Boy in Pain]
* [https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bose-fanindra-nath-18881926 Art UK]
* [https://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/fanindranath-bose Biography]

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[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1926 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian sculptors]]
[[Category:Royal Scottish Academicians]]
[[Category:Emigrants from British India to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Deaths by drowning in the United Kingdom]]

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