Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
LIST-I (ARTIST'S) | LIST-II (GROUPS) |
A. Francis Newton Souza | I. Group 1890 |
B. Gopal Ghose | II. Progressive Artist's Group |
C. J. Swaminathan | III. Cholamandalam Artist Village |
D. K. C. S. Paniker | IV. The Calcutta Group |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Francis Newton Souza | (II) Progressive Artist’s Group | Souza was the outspoken leader of The Progressives, formed in Bombay in 1946. |
| (B) Gopal Ghose | (IV) The Calcutta Group | He was among the young artists who formed the Calcutta Group in 1943. |
| (C) J. Swaminathan | (I) Group 1890 | Group 1890 was formed in 1963 under his leadership. |
| (D) K. C. S. Paniker | (III) Cholamandalam Artist Village | He was a pioneer of abstraction in South India and later established Cholamandalam near Madras. |
NCERT (2026-27): “The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art …Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza. Souza wanted to question the conventions that had prevailed in art schools.…” “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra. The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values.…” “Abstraction – A New Trend …In South India, K. C. S. Paniker, who later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, was a pioneer in abstraction. In fact, he showed by imbibing artistic motifs from Tamil and Sanskrit scripts, floor decorations and rural crafts that abstraction has a long history in India.” “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.…” |