Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

Match the year in List- I with the Description List- II

List- I (year)

List- II (description)

(A) 1943

(I) 'Group 1890' was formed

(B) 1946

(II) ‘Calcutta group’ was formed

(C) 1963

(III) 'Place for People' exhibition was shown

(D) 1981

(IV) ‘The Progressives’ group was formed

Options:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

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.

In Bombay, another set of artists formed a group, called The Progressives in 1946. 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.

In 1963, Group 1890 was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan. Since the time of the Bombay Progressive Artist’s Group, artists began to write their own manifestos or writings, in which they declared the main aims of their art and how it differed from others. 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.

The'Place for People' exhibition in 1981 was shown in Delhi and Bombay. Among the many murals K. G. Subramanyan made, there is a famous one in Kala Bhavana on the outer wall of a building. He did not want art to remain confined to art galleries but be made a part of public buildings for all to see. Such a public view of art can also be seen in a popular exhibition called ‘Place for People’ in 1981.