Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painter of the work in the image experimented with wash technique. He infused into it a distinct calligraphic line. This line is typical of which art?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings
Option (1) Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings — Correct. The painting is Radhika by Abdul Rehman Chughtai. His calligraphic line is typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings.
Option (2) Ajanta wall paintings and sculptures — Incorrect. Ajanta inspired the formal design and bold colours of Nandalal Bose’s Tiller of the Soil.
Option (3) The scrolls of the patuas, the folk scroll painters — Incorrect. The patuas lie behind the thick tempera and broad brushwork of Bose’s Haripura panels.
Option (4) The woodcuts used to illustrate Bengali primers — Incorrect. Nandalal Bose made these woodcuts to teach new ideas; they have no link with Chughtai’s line.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975). …Chughtai experimented with wash technique and infused a distinct character of calligraphic line, typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings. It gives a deeper sensuous quality to his paintings.”
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