Who among the following artists were members of Group 1890?
A. Jeram Patel
B. Raghav Kaneria
C. K. C. S. Paniker
D. Jyoti Bhatt
Choose correct answer from options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and D only
Group 1890 was formed in 1963 under the leadership of J. Swaminathan.
A. Jeram Patel Correct. He is named among the painters of the group.
B. Raghav Kaneria Correct. He was one of the group’s sculptors.
C. K. C. S. Paniker Incorrect. He is linked with Cholamandalam, the artist village near Madras, and not with this group.
D. Jyoti Bhatt Correct. He is also named among its members.
NCERT (2026-27): “Abstraction – A New Trend …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. Rather than a set programme, they adopted a fresh look at the material used in painting, and wrote about the importance of rough texture and surface in their works as a new artistic language. It included artists, such as Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Jyoti Bhatt, Ambadas, Jeram Patel, and sculptors like Raghav Kaneria and Himmat Shah.…” |