Kala Bhavana, India’s first national art school, was part of the Visva-Bharati University. Where did Rabindranath Tagore found this university?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Shantiniketan
Option (1) Calcutta — Incorrect. In Calcutta, Havell and Abanindranath began to Indianise art education at the Government Art School. Kala Bhavana was not set up there.
Option (2) Bombay — Incorrect. Bombay had a colonial art school whose focus was on crafts like metalwork, furniture and curios.
Option (3) Shantiniketan — Correct. Rabindranath Tagore founded the Visva-Bharati University at Shantiniketan, and Kala Bhavana was part of it.
Option (4) Lahore — Incorrect. Lahore also had a colonial art school, which, like those at Bombay and Madras, focused on crafts.
NCERT (2026-27): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism Nandalal Bose, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, was invited by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the newly established Kala Bhavana. Kala Bhavana was India’s first national art school. It was part of the Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan. At Kala Bhavana, Nandalal founded the intellectual and artistic milieu to create an Indian style in art.…” |