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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism

Question:

Which statement is correct regarding Abanindranath Tagore's contributions to Indian art?

A) He exclusively used European artistic techniques.
B) He revived certain aspects of Indian and oriental traditions in art.
C) He invented the wash painting technique.
D) Abanindranath Tagore was seen as a father figure of nationalist and modernism of art in India.

Options:

A and B

A and C

A, C and D

B, C and D

Correct Answer:

B, C and D

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4- B, C and D

Abanindranath Tagore revived certain aspects of Indian and oriental traditions, not exclusively European techniques.

Journey's End: Made by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) in 1913, this painting is in watercolour. Abanindranath Tagore was seen as a father figure of nationalist and modernism of art in India. He revived certain aspects of Indian and oriental traditions of paintings in terms of themes, style and techniques, and invented the wash painting technique. The wash technique yields a soft, misty and impressionistic landscape. This quality of hazy and atmospheric effects of the wash are utilised to be suggestive or evocative of an end of a life. In this painting, a collapsed camel is shown in red background of dusk and in that sense it personifies the end of a journey through the end of a day. Abanindranath tried to capture the portrait and narration with the help of symbolic aesthetics on one hand and literary allusions on the other. The physical features of the camel rendered appropriately in fine lines and delicate tones, and its sensory texture leads us to the meaning of the painting. Abanindranath has also painted The Forest, Coming of Night, Mountain Traveller, Queen of the Forest and a series of 45 paintings based on The Arabian Nights