Modern Indian artists each brought something distinct to their art. Match the artists in List-I with their work in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
| A. M. F. Husain | I. Signed paintings, uniquely personal style |
| B. Jamini Roy | II. Monumental hemp-fibre goddess of woods |
| C. Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury | III. Represented Indian modern art internationally |
| D. Mrinalini Mukherjee | IV. Musculature of workers loosening rock |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) M. F. Husain | (III) Represented Indian modern art internationally | He combined a modern style of painting with Indian themes; Mother Teresa is an example. |
| (B) Jamini Roy | (I) Signed paintings, uniquely personal style | Signing set him apart from village artists. His style stood apart from the academic naturalism of art schools and from Raja Ravi Varma. |
| (C) Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury | (IV) Musculature of workers loosening rock | In Triumph of Labour, four men try to move a rock, showing the value of human labour. |
| (D) Mrinalini Mukherjee | (II) Monumental hemp-fibre goddess of woods | In Vanshri, or ‘Goddess of the Woods’, she turned this ordinary material into a monumental form. |
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NCERT (2026-27): “The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art … As a result of successfully combining a modern style of painting with Indian themes, Husain’s art came to eventually represent Indian modern art in the international art world. Mother Teresa is an example to understand how he adapted modern art to paint themes important to Indian, as well as, international audience.” “Introduction to Modernism in India …If rural community was important for Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Jamini Roy, too, made his art relevant to this context. … 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.” “Triumph of Labour This is an open air large-scale sculpture in bronze made by Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899–1975). … Chowdhury loved to dwell on the strong musculature of his workers, revealing their bones, veins, flesh, etc. He portrayed the extreme physical effort of loosening a massive, immovable rock.” “Vanshri This artwork was created by Mrinalini Mukherjee in 1994. She uses an unusual material to make this sculpture. She uses hemp-fibre, a medium that she experimented with from the early 1970s. … In this work, entitled Vanshri or ‘Goddess of the Woods’, she turns this ordinary material into a monumental form.” |