Several painters of the Bengal School period worked with the wash technique. Consider the following statements:
(A) Abanindranath Tagore invented the wash painting technique.
(B) In Journey’s End, the hazy and atmospheric effects of wash suggest the end of a life.
(C) Abdul Rehman Chughtai experimented with the wash technique.
(D) Jamini Roy painted Woman with Child in the wash technique.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) Abanindranath Tagore invented the wash painting technique. — Correct. He revived Indian and oriental traditions and invented the wash painting technique.
(B) In Journey’s End, the hazy and atmospheric effects of wash suggest the end of a life. — Correct. These effects of wash are used to suggest the end of a life.
(C) Abdul Rehman Chughtai experimented with the wash technique. — Correct. Chughtai experimented with wash technique and added a calligraphic line from Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings.
(D) Jamini Roy painted Woman with Child in the wash technique. — Incorrect. Woman with Child is a gouache painting on paper, not a wash painting.
NCERT (2026-27): “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.…” “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.…” “Woman with Child This is a gouache painting on paper made by Jamini Roy (1887–1972) in 1940.…” |