Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

Arrange the following in chronological order of their creation.

(A) The Progressive Artists' Group
(B) Calcutta Group
(C) Group 1890
(D) Kala Bhavana

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(D), (B), (A), (C)

(A), (C), (B), (D)

(B), (A), (D), (C)

(C), (B), (D), (A)

Correct Answer:

(D), (B), (A), (C)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (B), (A), (C)

(D) Kala Bhavana: India’s first nationalist art school, Kala Bhavana, was set up in 1919 as part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, conceptualised by poet Rabindranath Tagore.
(B) Calcutta Group :  In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra. 
(A) The Progressive Artists' Group : In Bombay, a set of artists formed a group, called The Progressives in 1946. Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza. 
(C) Group 1890 :  In 1963, agroup was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890.