Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is lit by artificial light, a feature of theatre. It shows the painter’s involvement with a play staged in the painter’s house. Whose play was it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rabindranath Tagore
Option (1) Abanindranath Tagore — Incorrect. He was the painter’s brother, who led the Bengal School and invented the wash technique. The play was not his.
Option (2) Rabindranath Tagore — Correct. The painting is City in the Night by Gaganendranath Tagore. It shows his involvement with his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house.
Option (3) Ananda Coomaraswamy — Incorrect. He was an art historian who wrote about Swadeshi in art. He had no play staged in the Tagore house.
Option (4) Kakuzo Okakura — Incorrect. He was a Japanese nationalist who came to Calcutta with his ideas about pan-Asianism. He had no part in the play.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. He was one of the earlier Indian painters, who made use of language and syntax of Cubism to render his ideas. …The painting is mysteriously illuminated by artificial light, one of the features of theatre. It shows his involvement with his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house. The painter has taken many references of stage props, partition screens, overlapping planes and artificial stage lighting.”
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