What place does Shantiniketan hold in the history of the Bengal School of Art?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → India’s first national art school was founded here.
Option (1) The Bengal School movement originated here. — Incorrect. The movement began in Calcutta, the centre of British power, and only later reached Shantiniketan.
Option (2) India’s first national art school was founded here. — Correct. Kala Bhavana at Shantiniketan was India’s first national art school.
Option (3) Art education was first Indianised here. — Incorrect. Havell and Abanindranath began to Indianise art education at the Government Art School, Calcutta.
Option (4) The Haripura Posters were put on display here. — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose’s panels were put on display at the Congress session at Haripura.
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.” |