Abdul Rehman Chughtai, the painter of Radhika, was influenced by which of the following artists?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose
Option (1) Sahibdin, Nuruddin and Nainsukh — Incorrect. These are painters of the earlier Rajasthani and Pahari miniature schools, long before Chughtai.
Option (2) Amrita Sher-Gil, Jamini Roy and Jyoti Bhatt — Incorrect. These are artists of modern Indian art. They are not the artists named as Chughtai’s influences.
Option (3) Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose — Correct. Chughtai was influenced by these three masters of the Bengal School. He then experimented with the wash technique.
Option (4) Raja Ravi Varma, E. B. Havell and Kshitindranath Majumdar — Incorrect. Ravi Varma worked in the academic oil style that the Bengal School turned away from. E. B. Havell was the principal of the Calcutta School of Art who backed Abanindranath. Kshitindranath, like Chughtai, followed the new direction opened by Abanindranath.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975). …He was influenced by Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose. Chughtai experimented with wash technique and infused a distinct character of calligraphic line, typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings. It gives a deeper sensuous quality to his paintings.” |