Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

Identify the place where a few modern Indian Artists formed "The Progressive Artists Group".

Options:

Calcutta

Baroda

Bombay

Madras

Correct Answer:

Bombay

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- Bombay

In 1963, Group 1890 was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan. Since the time of the Bombay Progressive Artist’s Group, artists began to write their own manifestos or writings, in which they declared the main aims of their art and how it differed from others. In 1963, another group was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890. Swaminathan also wrote a manifesto for the group, in which the artists claimed being free from any ideology.