In 1922, a Bauhaus exhibition of Klee and Kandinsky travelled to India. To which city did this exhibition travel?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Calcutta
Option (1) Calcutta — Correct. The 1922 exhibition of Klee, Kandinsky and other Bauhaus artists travelled to Calcutta.
Option (2) Bombay — Incorrect. Bombay had a similar art school, with its focus on crafts like metalwork and furniture. The exhibition did not travel there.
Option (3) Lahore — Incorrect. Lahore also had a similar art school focused on crafts. It is not the city the exhibition reached.
Option (4) Madras — Incorrect. Madras too had an art school focused on crafts. The exhibition went to Calcutta, not Madras.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …If, on one hand, pan-Asianism was gaining popularity, ideas about modern European art also travelled to India. Hence, the year 1922 may be regarded as a remarkable one, when an important exhibition of works by Paul Klee, Kandinsky and other artists, who were part of the Bauhaus School in Germany, travelled to Calcutta. These European artists had rejected academic realism, which appealed to the Swadeshi artists.” “Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell …E. B. Havell and Abanindranath Tagore saw a need to Indianise art education in the country. This began in the Government Art School, Calcutta, now, Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata. Similar art schools were established in Lahore, Bombay and Madras but their primary focus was on crafts like metalwork, furniture and curios.” |