Who invited Nandalal Bose to head the painting department at Kala Bhavana?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rabindranath Tagore
Option (1) Abanindranath Tagore — Incorrect. Abanindranath Tagore was Nandalal Bose’s teacher.
Option (2) Rabindranath Tagore — Correct. The poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, who founded the Visva-Bharati University, invited him.
Option (3) Mahatma Gandhi — Incorrect. Gandhi invited Nandalal Bose to paint panels for the Congress session at Haripura.
Option (4) E. B. Havell — Incorrect. Havell, principal of the Calcutta School of Art, supported Abanindranath Tagore.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism Nandalal Bose, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, was invited by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the newly established Kala Bhavana. Kala Bhavana was India’s first national art school. It was part of the Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan.” |