What differentiated Jamini Roy’s art from that of village artists in the twentieth century?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Roy signing on his paintings
Option (1) Use of complex and intricate details — Incorrect. Roy did not work in complex details. Like village artists, he used simple and pure colours.
Option (2) Roy framing his paintings — Incorrect. Framing did not set Roy apart from village artists. What did was his signature on each painting.
Option (3) The use of synthetic colors — Incorrect. Roy did not use synthetic colours. Like village artists, he made his own colours from vegetables and minerals.
Option (4) Roy signing on his paintings — Correct. Unlike village artists, Roy signed on his paintings, and his style came to be seen as uniquely personal.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Roy, too, used simple and pure colours. Like village artists, he also made his own colours from vegetables and minerals. His art lent itself to easy reproduction by other members in his family, quite like the artisanal practice followed in villages. However, what differentiated his art from that of village artists was that Roy signed on his paintings. His style is seen as uniquely personal, distinct from both the academic naturalism of art schools and from Raja Ravi Varma’s Indianised naturalism, as well as, from the delicate style practised by some of the Bengal School artists.…” |