Observe the image and answer the following question.
Which style of painting did K. G. Subramanyan use in Fairy Tales from Purvapalli?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Sketchy, with colours applied in quick brush strokes
Option (1) Bright colour patches placed close, without outline — Incorrect. This is how Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder, making figures by colour contrast and not outline.
Option (2) Sketchy, with colours applied in quick brush strokes — Correct. Subramanyan’s painting is sketchy, with colours put on in quick brush strokes and an earthy palette.
Option (3) Expressionist brush strokes with bright Indian colours — Incorrect. This was M. F. Husain’s way of making the modern style understandable in an Indian context.
Option (4) Colours ranging from bright to soft, modulated monochromes — Incorrect. This describes the colours of S. H. Raza, a painter who moved towards abstraction.
NCERT (2026-27): “Fairy Tales from Purvapalli This is a painting using water and oil colours on acrylic sheet and was created by K. G. Subramanyan in 1986. …His imaginary landscape consists of a strange world, in which birds and animals rub shoulders with humans. There are unusual trees that grow feathers in place of leaves. This style of painting is sketchy and colours are applied as in quick brush strokes. The palette remains earthy — ochres, greens and browns.”
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