Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image captures portrait and narration through symbolic aesthetics and literary allusions. Who painted it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Abanindranath Tagore
The painting is Journey’s End, a watercolour of a collapsed camel against a red sky at dusk.
Option (1) Amrita Sher-Gil — Incorrect. Sher-Gil also painted Camels, but in the style the Bauhaus exhibition showed. This soft, misty wash is not hers.
Option (2) Gaganendranath Tagore — Incorrect. Gaganendranath made Cubist paintings of building interiors from geometric patterns, and caricatures.
Option (3) Abanindranath Tagore — Correct. Abanindranath made Journey’s End in watercolour, using symbolic aesthetics and literary allusions.
Option (4) Nandalal Bose — Incorrect. Bose painted the Haripura panels in thick tempera with broad brushwork.
NCERT (2026-27): “Journey’s End Made by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) in 1913, this painting is in watercolour. …In this painting, a collapsed camel is shown in red background of dusk and in that sense it personifies the end of a journey through the end of a day. Abanindranath tried to capture the portrait and narration with the help of symbolic aesthetics on one hand and literary allusions on the other.…”
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