Under the British Raj, Indian and European taste in art kept clashing. Which artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Bengal School artists
Option (1) Students of the Bombay School of Art — Incorrect. Students of the Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by Gladstone Solomon, got the murals for Lutyens’ Delhi buildings.
Option (2) Bengal School artists — Correct. The Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.
Option (3) Company School painters — Incorrect. Company School painters worked for English officers, painting scenes around them to document the natives.
Option (4) Japanese artists who came with Okakura — Incorrect. The two Japanese artists who came with Okakura went to Shantiniketan to teach the wash technique.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism …However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.” |