Bauhaus artists like Paul Klee and Kandinsky exhibited in Calcutta in 1922. Three of the following are elements of the abstract language of art that these artists created. Which one is the odd one out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Prismatic colours
Option (1) Squares — An element of the Bauhaus artists’ language.
Option (2) Circles — An element of the Bauhaus artists’ language.
Option (3) Prismatic colours — The odd one out. Gaganendranath Tagore used prismatic colours with diamond-shaped planes in City in the Night; they are not in the Bauhaus list.
Option (4) Colour patches — An element of the Bauhaus artists’ language.
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): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …If, on one hand, pan-Asianism was gaining popularity, ideas about modern European art also travelled to India. Hence, the year 1922 may be regarded as a remarkable one, when an important exhibition of works by Paul Klee, Kandinsky and other artists, who were part of the Bauhaus School in Germany, travelled to Calcutta. These European artists had rejected academic realism, which appealed to the Swadeshi artists. They created a more abstract language of art, consisting of squares, circles, lines and colour patches.” “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869–1938) in 1922. … He painted an interplay of diamond-shaped planes and prismatic colours, resulting in fragmented luminosity to render the mountain ranges of the city.” |