The painters of the Bengal School and of Shantiniketan worked in different media. Which of the following pairs of a work and its medium is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Radhika – Wash and tempera
Option (1) Journey’s End – Thick tempera — Incorrect. Abanindranath painted Journey’s End in watercolour. Thick tempera is the medium of Bose’s Tiller of the Soil.
Option (2) Tiller of the Soil – Watercolour — Incorrect. Bose used thick tempera in a bold cursory style and broad brushwork for this Haripura panel.
Option (3) Radhika – Wash and tempera — Correct. Chughtai made Radhika in wash and tempera on paper.
Option (4) Bose’s studies of local villagers – Woodcut — Incorrect. Bose made pen-and-ink brush studies of local villagers. He used woodcuts to illustrate primers in Bengali.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975). …Chughtai experimented with wash technique and infused a distinct character of calligraphic line, typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings.” “Journey’s End Made by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) in 1913, this painting is in watercolour.” “Tiller of the Soil …To capture the essence of village life in his Haripura panels, Bose made pen-and-ink brush studies of local villagers. He used thick tempera in a bold cursory style and broad brushwork.” |