Modern Indian artists worked out styles and materials of their own. M…

Modern Indian artists worked out styles and materials of their own. Match the artists in List-I with the features of their work in List-II.

List-I (Artist)	List-II (Feature of work)
A. Amarnath Sehgal	I. Medium of hemp fibre
B. Mrinalini Mukherjee	II. Experiments with colours and patterns
C. Rabindranath Tagore	III. Wiry sculptures
D. Biren De	IV. Departed from Bengal School delicacy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Amarnath Sehgal	(III) Created wiry sculptures balancing abstraction and figurative	Sehgal struck a balance between abstraction and figurative, as in his wiry sculpture Cries Unheard.
(B) Mrinalini Mukherjee	(I) Took up the innovative medium of hemp fibre	Her works tilted towards abstraction when she worked in hemp fibre, as in Vanshri.
(C) Rabindranath Tagore	(IV) Created a small visual world that departed from the delicate Bengal School style	His doodle-based art broke away from the elegant Bengal School, which drew on miniatures and Ajanta frescoes.
(D) Biren De	(II) Made captivating experiments with colours and patterns	In the 1960s he turned to local traditions for an Indian abstract art. In his works this led to experiments with colours and patterns.

NCERT (2026-27): “Abstraction – A New Trend …Sculptors like Amarnath Sehgal struck a balance between abstraction and figurative and created wiry sculptures as in Cries Unheard. In case of Mrinalini Mukherjee, her works tilted more towards abstraction when she took up the innovative medium of hemp fibre, as in Vanshri.”

“Abstraction – A New Trend …This style may also be seen as Indianised abstraction. In Biren De’s works, this move led to captivating experiments with colours and patterns.”

“Introduction to Modernism in India …However, Rabindranath created a small visual world that was a complete departure from the more elegant and delicate style of the Bengal School, which often drew inspiration from Mughal and Pahari miniatures along with Ajanta frescoes.”