Jamini Roy adopted the flat, colourful style of village folk painting. Why did he want his paintings to be simple?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → To reach a wider public
Option (1) To teach new ideas to the people — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose illustrated primers in Bengali and understood the role of art in teaching new ideas. This is not the reason given for Roy’s simple paintings.
Option (2) To build the nation’s moral character — Incorrect. Bose utilised art, through his Haripura panels, to build the nation’s moral character. It is not Roy’s reason.
Option (3) To show people’s labour in nation building — Incorrect. The Haripura Posters of Bose showed rural folk contributing their labour to nation building. They are not linked to Roy.
Option (4) To reach a wider public — Correct. Roy wanted his paintings to be simple and easy to duplicate so that they could reach a wider public.
NCERT (2026-27): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism …Jamini Roy is a unique example of modern Indian artist, who after undergoing academic training in the colonial Art School rejected it only to adopt the flat and colourful style of folk painting seen in villages. He wanted his paintings to be simple and easy to duplicate to reach a wider public and based on themes like women and children, specifically, and rural life, generally.” |