M. F. Husain’s painting Mother Teresa shows his familiarity with a famous work of European art, the Pieta. Who made the Pieta?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Michelangelo
Option (1) Pablo Picasso — Incorrect. Picasso was the European artist who invented Cubism using geometrical facets. The Pieta is not his work.
Option (2) Michelangelo — Correct. The Pieta is the famous sculpture of the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo. Husain’s seated Mother with a grown up man lying on her lap recalls it.
Option (3) Paul Cezanne — Incorrect. Cezanne was an early modern French artist who saw himself working outside the main art institutions. He did not make the Pieta.
Option (4) Claude Monet — Incorrect. Monet, too, was an early modern French artist, named with Manet and Cezanne. The Pieta is not his.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. …The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. This speaks of the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially, the famous sculpture of Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo’s Pieta.” |