The statements below are about Jamini Roy and his Woman with Child.
(A) He used colours made from organic material, such as rockdust, tamarind seeds and indigo.
(B) He used lamp black to outline the drawings.
(C) He started making his own canvas with home-spun fabric.
(D) In this painting, the mother and child are rendered with thin outlines and delicate brush strokes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) He used colours made from organic material, such as rockdust, tamarind seeds and indigo. — Correct. His colours were made from organic material, such as rockdust, tamarind seeds, mercury powder, alluvial mud, indigo and common chalk.
(B) He used lamp black to outline the drawings. — Correct. He outlined his drawings with lamp black.
(C) He started making his own canvas with home-spun fabric. — Correct. He made his own canvas with home-spun fabric, while pats used paper or cloth.
(D) In this painting, the mother and child are rendered with thin outlines and delicate brush strokes. — Incorrect. The figures have bold simplifications and thick outlines with sweeping brush strokes. Fine lines and delicate tones belong to the camel in Abanindranath Tagore’s Journey’s End.
NCERT (2026-27): “Woman with Child …In this painting, a mother and her child are rendered with bold simplifications and thick outlines with sweeping brush strokes. …He used Indian red, yellow ocher, cadmium green, vermilion, charcoal gray, cobalt blue and white made from organic material, such as rockdust, tamarind seeds, mercury powder, alluvial mud, indigo and common chalk. He used lamp black to outline the drawings and started making his own canvas with home-spun fabric (pats used paper or cloth or baked paper).…”
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