Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

The sketches of Bengal famine by Chittoprasad were published as pamphlets under the name of:

Options:

Bengal Mourners

Wounds of Bengal

Hungry Bengal

Bengal Gazette

Correct Answer:

Hungry Bengal

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Hungry Bengal

"Seeing abject poverty around them and the plight of people in villages and cities, many young artists in Calcutta were drawn to socialism, especially Marxism. This modern philosophy, which was taught by Karl Marx in the mid–nineteenth century in the West, asked important questions about class difference in society and appealed to these artists. They wanted their art to talk about these social problems. Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. With printmaking, it is easier to produce multiple number of artworks and reach out to more number of people. Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor. It is not surprising that he was asked by the Communist Party of India to travel to villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine and make sketches. These were later published as pamphlets under the name, Hungry Bengal, much to the annoyance of the British."