Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism

Question:

Who is the artist of the painting titled "Female Face" from Bengal School?

Options:

Jamini Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

Abanindranath Tagore

Kshitindranath Majumdar

Correct Answer:

Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2- Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, founder of a unique educational institution, Visva- Bharati, music composer and choreographer.
Between 1928 and 1940, Rabindranath painted more than 2000 images.

Woman Face/Female face by Rabindranath Tagore in the year 1941. This is one the most iconic head studies of a veiled woman adopting Rabindranath’s favourite oval form. The painting has been done in sepia ink and is lightly textured. The face has a dreamy quality, an elusive beauty with large understanding eyes. There is a lyricism in the covered head of the woman. Her sensitive expression echoes the poet’s own empathy with nature and humanity. The use of sepia ink evokes a sense of nostalgia, as if hers is a face seen in some evanescent dream.