Raja Ravi Varma and Gaganendranath Tagore were noted Indian painters. Consider the following statements:
(A) Many of Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings were copied as oleographs and sold in the market.
(B) Gaganendranath Tagore made caricatures that made fun of rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living.
(C) Gaganendranath Tagore was the brother of Rabindranath Tagore.
(D) Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings entered people’s homes as woodcut prints.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (B) only
(A) Many of Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings were copied as oleographs and sold in the market. — Correct. His paintings became so popular that they were copied in this way.
(B) Gaganendranath Tagore made caricatures that made fun of rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living. — Correct. Besides his Cubist paintings, he was deeply interested in such caricatures.
(C) Gaganendranath Tagore was the brother of Rabindranath Tagore. — Incorrect. He was the brother of Abanindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was his uncle.
(D) Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings entered people’s homes as woodcut prints. — Incorrect. They entered homes as calendar images. Woodcuts were what Nandalal Bose used to illustrate Bengali primers.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Raja Ravi Varma …The most successful examples of this type of painting were found away from these art schools. They are best seen in the works produced by self-taught artist, Raja Ravi Varma of the Travancore Court in Kerala. …They became so popular that many of his paintings were copied as oleographs and were sold in market. They even entered people’s homes as calendar images.…” “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …It is in the paintings by Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, that the influence of modern western style of paintings can be clearly seen. He made several paintings using Cubist style, in which building interiors were created out of geometric patterns. Besides, he was deeply interested in making caricatures, in which he often made fun of rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living.” “City in the Night …This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. …It shows his involvement with his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house.…” |