Indian artists of the modern period made notable sculptures and prints. Which of the following pairs of a work and its description is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Whirlpool – a composition created out of various shades of blues
Option (1) Santhal Family – a sculpture cast in bronze — Incorrect. Ramkinker Baij made it of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles. He chose cement, the symbol of modernisation, over traditional media.
Option (2) Whirlpool – a composition created out of various shades of blues — Correct. Krishna Reddy’s print is built of shades of blues that blend into a web of design.
Option (3) Cries Un-heard – a close-knit composition of five standing figures — Incorrect. Amarnath Sahgal’s bronze has three stick-like figures: husband, wife and child. Five standing figures belong to Somnath Hore’s etching Children.
Option (4) Triumph of Labour – a sculpture placed on a low pedestal — Incorrect. Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury’s bronze of four men moving a rock stands on a high pedestal. The low pedestal belongs to Santhal Family.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Whirlpool This was a print made by India’s celebrated printmaker Krishna Reddy in 1963. It is a captivating composition created out of various shades of blues. Each colour blends into the other to create a powerful web of design. It is the result of a new technique in printmaking that he developed along with a well-known printmaker, Stanley William Hayter, in the famous studio called ‘Atelier 17’.…” “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. It is made out of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles, and placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, India’s first national art school. … It is placed on a low pedestal, making us feel as if we are part of the same space.…” “Triumph of Labour This is an open air large-scale sculpture in bronze made by Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899–1975). … It shows four men trying to move a rock, rendering the importance and contribution of human labour in nation building. … The image of group labour is placed on a high pedestal, thereby, replacing the notion of portraits of kings or British dignitaries.” |