Who made the watercolour painting City in the Night?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Gaganendranath Tagore
Option (1) Nandalal Bose — Incorrect. He headed the painting department at Kala Bhavana and painted the Haripura Posters.
Option (2) Abanindranath Tagore — Incorrect. He was Gaganendranath’s brother. He painted Journey’s End in watercolour in 1913, not City in the Night.
Option (3) Gaganendranath Tagore — Correct. He made City in the Night in watercolour in 1922, using the language of Cubism.
Option (4) Abdul Rehman Chughtai — Incorrect. He made Radhika, a wash and tempera painting on paper.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. He was one of the earlier Indian painters, who made use of language and syntax of Cubism to render his ideas.”
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