Which modern Indian artist, after academic training in the colonial Art School, rejected it to adopt the flat and colourful style of folk painting seen in villages?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Jamini Roy
Option (1) Raja Ravi Varma — Incorrect. He was a self-taught artist who mastered the academic realism of European paintings. He did not reject it.
Option (2) Jamini Roy — Correct. Roy trained in the colonial Art School, then rejected it for the flat and colourful style of folk painting.
Option (3) K. Venkatappa — Incorrect. He is named as a prominent example of the artists from Kala Bhavana who taught art in South India.
Option (4) Amrita Sher-Gil — Incorrect. She used the style shown in the Bauhaus exhibition to depict Indian scenes, a meeting of both points of view.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Bengal School …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.” |