Nandalal Bose joined the Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, in 1921–1922. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Before joining the Kala Bhavana, he had trained under Gaganendranath Tagore.
Statement II: Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij were his most creative students.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only Statement II is correct.
Statement I: Before joining the Kala Bhavana, he had trained under Gaganendranath Tagore. — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose trained under Abanindranath Tagore, which made him familiar with nationalism in art. Gaganendranath Tagore is the painter who used the language of Cubism.
Statement II: Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij were his most creative students. — Correct. The two are named as Bose’s most creative students.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Nandalal Bose in 1921–1922 joined the Kala Bhavana. His training under Abanindranath Tagore made him familiar with nationalism in art but it did not hinder him from allowing his students and other teachers to explore new avenues of artistic expression. Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Bose’s most creative students, gave a lot of thought as how to understand the world. They developed their own unique style of sketching and painting that could capture not only their immediate environment like flora and fauna but also those who lived there.…” |