Observe the image and answer the following question.
The graphic print in the image was made in 1958. Who made it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Somnath Hore
Option (1) Jyoti Bhatt — Incorrect. He made the etching Devi in 1970, built on folk motifs.
Option (2) Somnath Hore — Correct. This is his print Children, drawn from his memory of the famine of 1943.
Option (3) Krishna Reddy — Incorrect. He made the colour print Whirlpool in 1963 by viscosity printing.
Option (4) Laxma Goud — Incorrect. He made the etching Rural South Indian Man–Woman in 2017.
NCERT (2026-27): “Children This is a graphic print on paper done with monochromatic etching with aquatint made by Somnath Hore (1921–2006) in 1958. The experience of the Bengal Famine of 1943, left a lasting impression on him. …In this etching, images of children were taken from the experience of the famine of 1943, which was etched in his memory.…”
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