Abanindranath Tagore opened a new direction in Indian painting that many younger artists followed. Given below are four statements on the artists of this period.
(A) Kshitindranath Majumdar and M. R. Chughtai followed the new direction opened by Abanindranath.
(B) Nandalal Bose is the painter of Rasa-Lila.
(C) City in the Night is a watercolour painting by Gaganendranath Tagore.
(D) Nandalal Bose was a student of Abanindranath Tagore.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) Kshitindranath Majumdar and M. R. Chughtai followed the new direction opened by Abanindranath. — Correct. Both are named as younger artists who took up his new direction.
(B) Nandalal Bose is the painter of Rasa-Lila. — Incorrect. Rasa-Lila is the work of Kshitindranath Majumdar. Nandalal Bose headed the painting department at Kala Bhavana.
(C) City in the Night is a watercolour painting by Gaganendranath Tagore. — Correct. He made this watercolour using the language of Cubism.
(D) Nandalal Bose was a student of Abanindranath Tagore. — Correct. Rabindranath Tagore invited this student of Abanindranath to Kala Bhavana.
NCERT (2026-27): “Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell …This school set the stage for the development of modern Indian painting. The new direction opened by Abanindranath was followed by many younger artists like Kshitindranath Majumdar (Rasa-Lila) and M. R. Chughtai (Radhika).” “Shantiniketan — Early modernism Nandalal Bose, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, was invited by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the newly established Kala Bhavana.” “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. He was one of the earlier Indian painters, who made use of language and syntax of Cubism to render his ideas.” |