Nandalal Bose was excellent not only with his brush but also with his pen. When Sister Nivedita died, his words competed with his colors: "There was a rare kindness in her face. There was the radiance of purity and strength. Any one who saw that face once could never forget it.

All that I can say about her encouragement to me will be too little. In her death I have lost my guardian angel. I was introduced to Ramakrishna and Vivekananda by her."

Nandalal Bose was not only a great painter; he played a leading role in the renaissance of art. He was one of our renaissance figures along with Asit Kumar Halder,Surendranath Ganguli, Samarendra Gupta, Kshitindranath Majumdar, Surendranath Kar, K.