Observe the image and answer the following question.
The artist of the painting in the image worked in the wash technique and gave it a distinct calligraphic line. This line is typical of which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings
Option (1) Mughal and Pahari miniatures — Incorrect. Their influence is seen in Abanindranath Tagore’s Journey’s End, not in Chughtai’s line.
Option (2) Ajanta wall paintings and sculptures — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose drew inspiration from them for his Haripura panel Tiller of the Soil.
Option (3) Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings — Correct. The painting shown is Radhika by Abdul Rehman Chughtai. His calligraphic line is typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings.
Option (4) Folk paintings (pats) of rural Bengal — Incorrect. Jamini Roy collected the pats of rural Bengal and learnt from their lines.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975). …He was influenced by Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose. Chughtai experimented with wash technique and infused a distinct character of calligraphic line, typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings. It gives a deeper sensuous quality to his paintings.”
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