Which of the following was a contribution of Abanindranath Tagore to Indian art?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Inventing the wash painting technique
Option (1) Supervising more than 400 posters at Kala Bhavana — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose supervised these posters at Kala Bhavana.
Option (2) Inventing the wash painting technique — Correct. Abanindranath invented the wash painting technique, which yields a soft, misty and impressionistic landscape.
Option (3) Adopting the flat and colourful style of folk pat painting — Incorrect. Jamini Roy adopted the flat folk style after rejecting his academic training.
Option (4) Making paintings of building interiors in the Cubist style — Incorrect. Gaganendranath Tagore, Abanindranath’s brother, created building interiors out of geometric patterns in the Cubist style.
NCERT (2026-27): “Journey’s End Made by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) in 1913, this painting is in watercolour. Abanindranath Tagore was seen as a father figure of nationalist and modernism of art in India. He revived certain aspects of Indian and oriental traditions of paintings in terms of themes, style and techniques, and invented the wash painting technique. The wash technique yields a soft, misty and impressionistic landscape.” |