The 1922 exhibition of Bauhaus artists in Calcutta gave Indian artists a direct encounter with modern European art. In whose paintings, including several in the Cubist style, can the influence of the modern western style be seen?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Gaganendranath Tagore
Option (1) Abanindranath Tagore — Incorrect. His Journey’s End shows the influence of Mughal and Pahari miniatures, not Cubism.
Option (2) Nandalal Bose — Incorrect. He paid attention to the folk art forms around Shantiniketan.
Option (3) Gaganendranath Tagore — Correct. He made several Cubist paintings in which building interiors were made of geometric patterns.
Option (4) Jamini Roy — Incorrect. He adopted the flat, colourful style of folk painting seen in villages.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …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. …For the first time, Indian artists and the public had a direct encounter with modern art of this kind. It is in the paintings by Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, that the influence of modern western style of paintings can be clearly seen. He made several paintings using Cubist style, in which building interiors were created out of geometric patterns.” |