Observe the image and answer the following question.
For which event did the artist make the panel in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The Congress session at Haripura
The panel shown is Tiller of the Soil by Nandalal Bose.
Option (1) The Congress session at Haripura — Correct. Bose made this panel for the Haripura Congress, at Mahatma Gandhi’s invitation.
Option (2) The mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings — Incorrect. That project went to the students of the Bombay School of Art, not to Bose.
Option (3) The decoration of the Indian House in London — Incorrect. Bengal School artists decorated it under close British supervision. This panel was not made for it.
Option (4) The Bauhaus exhibition in Calcutta — Incorrect. That exhibition showed a European modern style, later used by Amrita Sher-Gil. This panel was made for a Congress session, not an exhibition.
NCERT (2026-27): “Tiller of the Soil This is one of the panels made by Nandalal Bose in 1938 for the Haripura Congress. In this panel, a farmer is shown ploughing a field — the daily activity of a common man and in a village. To capture the essence of village life in his Haripura panels, Bose made pen-and-ink brush studies of local villagers. He used thick tempera in a bold cursory style and broad brushwork.…”
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