At the Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, Nandalal Bose allowed his students and other teachers to explore new avenues of artistic expression. Who were his most creative students there?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij
Option (1) Gaganendranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore — Incorrect. Abanindranath Tagore was Bose’s own teacher. Gaganendranath Tagore created his own style from the language of Cubism.
Option (2) Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij — Correct. These two were Bose’s most creative students at Kala Bhavana.
Option (3) Asit Kumar Haldar and Jamini Roy — Incorrect. Both were students of Abanindranath Tagore, as Bose himself was, not students of Bose.
Option (4) Paritosh Sen and Gopal Ghose — Incorrect. They were members of the Calcutta Group, formed in 1943 under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta. They were not Bose’s students at Kala Bhavana.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Nandalal Bose in 1921–1922 joined the Kala Bhavana. His training under Abanindranath Tagore made him familiar with nationalism in art but it did not hinder him from allowing his students and other teachers to explore new avenues of artistic expression. Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Bose’s most creative students, gave a lot of thought as how to understand the world.…” |