Observe the image and answer the following question.
How does M. F. Husain show the figure of Mother Teresa in his painting Mother Teresa?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → As a faceless figure that appears several times
Option (1) As a realistic portrait showing her life in detail — Incorrect. Husain does not show her life realistically; he uses bare suggestions.
Option (2) As a faceless figure that appears several times — Correct. The faceless Mother is shown again and again, each time holding a baby.
Option (3) As a single seated figure drawn with strong outlines — Incorrect. The seated Mother is only one of several figures of her in the scene.
Option (4) As a figure set in a landscape with great depth — Incorrect. The scene is made of flat shapes, like a collage of paper cutouts, with no depth built up.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. It is painted in a style typically of this artist, who created a new language of modern Indian art. The figure of the faceless Mother appears several times, each time holding a baby with a lot of attention given to the hand. The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. …On the other hand, the flat shapes used to depict the scene are modern. They appear like a collage of paper cutouts. The artist is not interested in showing us the life of Mother Teresa realistically but uses bare suggestions.…”
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