In Woman with Child, Jamini Roy’s colours emulate the terracotta relief of his home village. Where was this village?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bankura
Option (1) Bankura — Correct. The figures in dull yellow on a brick-red background emulate the terracotta relief of his home village in Bankura.
Option (2) Shantiniketan — Incorrect. Shantiniketan is where Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati with Kala Bhavana. Nandalal Bose studied the folk forms there; it is not Roy’s home village.
Option (3) Calcutta — Incorrect. Calcutta is the city of the Government Art School, where Havell and Abanindranath began to Indianise art education. It is not a village.
Option (4) Haripura — Incorrect. Haripura is where the Congress session of 1937 was held, with panels painted by Nandalal Bose.
NCERT (2026-27): “Woman with Child This is a gouache painting on paper made by Jamini Roy (1887–1972) in 1940. … In this painting, a mother and her child are rendered with bold simplifications and thick outlines with sweeping brush strokes. The painting exudes a crude vigour hitherto unknown in Indian art. Figures are coloured in dull yellow and brick-red background, emulating the terracotta relief of his home village in Bankura.”
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