Which modern Indian artist is described as given to the celebration of nature, whose art reflects his everyday experiences?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Ramkinkar Baij
Option (1) Benode Behari Mukherjee — Incorrect. He was drawn to the lives of medieval saints and painted the mural Medieval Saints at Hindi Bhavana.
Option (2) Ramkinkar Baij — Correct. Ramkinkar Baij was given to the celebration of nature. Almost all his works respond to his environment, as in Santhal Family.
Option (3) Jamini Roy — Incorrect. He turned from academic art to the rural, folk art of Bengal, and signed on his paintings.
Option (4) Amrita Sher-Gil — Incorrect. Trained in Paris, she assimilated miniature and mural traditions of Indian art with European modernism.
NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Rather than making paintings around well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee was drawn to the lives of medieval saints. … Ramkinkar Baij was an artist given to the celebration of nature. His art reflects his everyday experiences. Almost all his sculptures and paintings are created as response to his environment. For instance, his Santhal Family, made as an outdoor sculpture within the Kala Bhavana compound, turned the daily activity of a Santhal family setting out for work into a larger than a life size piece of art.…” |