Who among the following considered modernism growing in Europe as authentic, criticizing the Oriental Bengal School of Art as regressive in the 20th century?

1) Abanindranath Tagore
2) Benoy Sarkar
3) E. B. Havell
4) Amrita Sher-Gill

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Answer: Benoy Sarkar
Benoy Sarkar sided with the anglicists and considered modernism growing in Europe as authentic, criticizing the Oriental Bengal School of Art as regressive.

The divide between anglicists and orientalists was not based on race. Take the case of the Bengali intellectual, Benoy Sarkar, who sided with the anglicists and considered modernism that was growing in Europe as authentic in an article, ‘The Futurism of Young Asia’. For him, the Oriental Bengal School of Art was regressive and anti-modern. On the other hand, it was E. B. Havell, an Englishman, who was in favour of return to native art to create a true modern Indian art. It is in this context that we have to view his collaboration with Abanindranath Tagore. Amrita Sher-Gil is a perfect example of the meeting of both these points of view. She used the kind of style that the Bauhaus exhibition showed to depict Indian scenes.