Rather than painting the well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee made a mural called Medieval Saints. On the walls of which building did he make this mural?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan
Option (1) Kala Bhavana in Shantiniketan — Incorrect. Kala Bhavana has Ramkinkar Baij’s outdoor sculpture Santhal Family in its compound. K. G. Subramanyan made a mural on the outer wall of one of its buildings.
Option (2) Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan — Correct. Benode Behari Mukherjee made Medieval Saints on the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan.
Option (3) Baroda Art School in Baroda — Incorrect. The Baroda Art School came up in the late 1950s. K. G. Subramanyan, a student of Benode Behari Mukherjee, was one of its founding members.
Option (4) Government School of Art in Calcutta — Incorrect. This is where Jamini Roy was trained. He later rejected that training.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Rather than making paintings around well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee was drawn to the lives of medieval saints. On the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan, he made a mural called Medieval Saints, in which he charts a history of medieval India through the lives of Tulsi Das, Kabir and others, and focuses on their humane teachings.…” |