Kala Bhavana, where Nandalal Bose taught, inspired many young artists. It became a training ground for many artists, who taught art in different parts of the country. Who among the following is a prominent example of such an artist?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → K. Venkatappa
Option (1) Kshitindranath Majumdar — Incorrect. Kshitindranath Majumdar, the painter of Rasa-Lila, is named among the younger artists who followed Abanindranath’s new direction, not as a Kala Bhavana artist who taught elsewhere.
Option (2) K. Venkatappa — Correct. K. Venkatappa is the prominent example of a Kala Bhavana artist who taught art in South India.
Option (3) M. R. Chughtai — Incorrect. M. R. Chughtai, the painter of Radhika, is also named as a follower of Abanindranath, not as a Kala Bhavana teacher.
Option (4) Gladstone Solomon — Incorrect. Gladstone Solomon was the Principal of the Bombay School of Art, where students were trained in realistic studies.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism …Kala Bhavana, the institution where Bose taught art, inspired many young artists to carry forward this nationalist vision. It became a training ground for many artists, who taught art in different parts of the country. K. Venkatappa in South India being a prominent example. They wanted art to reach out to a wider public rather than only the elite, anglicised class of people.” |