K. C. S. Paniker was a pioneer of abstraction in modern Indian art. Which of the following did he later go on to establish?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras
Option (1) Kala Bhavana, at Shantiniketan — Incorrect. Ramkinkar Baij made Santhal Family as an outdoor sculpture in the Kala Bhavana compound. It is not linked with Paniker.
Option (2) Atelier 17, a printmaking studio — Incorrect. This is the studio where Krishna Reddy and Stanley William Hayter developed viscosity printing.
Option (3) Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras — Correct. Paniker, a pioneer of abstraction in South India, later went on to establish Cholamandalam.
Option (4) Hindi Bhavana, at Shantiniketan — Incorrect. Benode Behari Mukherjee painted the mural Medieval Saints on the walls of Hindi Bhavana. It is not linked with Paniker.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Abstraction – A New Trend …Whether in painting, printmaking or sculpture, abstraction had a wide appeal for many artists across the 1960s and 1970s. In South India, K. C. S. Paniker, who later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, was a pioneer in abstraction. In fact, he showed by imbibing artistic motifs from Tamil and Sanskrit scripts, floor decorations and rural crafts that abstraction has a long history in India.” |