Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

What is the name of the most celebrated artist of Kishangarh sub-school of Rajasthani Miniature Painting?

Options:

Sahibdin

Ruknuddin

Nihal Chand

Dana

Correct Answer:

Nihal Chand

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Nihal Chand

Nihal Chand was the most celebrated artist of the Kishangarh sub-school of Rajasthani Miniature Painting.

Widely held among the most stylised of all Rajasthani miniatures, Kishangarh paintings are distinguished by their exquisite sophistication and distinct facial type exemplified by arched eyebrows, lotus petal shaped eyes slightly tinged with pink, having drooping eyelids, a sharp slender nose and thin lips. Sawant Singh’s most celebrated and outstanding artist was Nihal Chand. Nihal Chand worked for Sawant Singh between 1735 and 1757, and composed paintings on Sawant Singh’s poetry that portrayed the theme of divine lovers—Radha and Krishna, in courtly surroundings, often appearing tiny in the vastness and minutiae of their panoramic landscape settings. Kishangarh artists reveled in the depiction of vistas in accentuated colours.