Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

Who among the following is the artist of "Haldi Grinder" ?

Options:

Amrita Sher-Gil

Amarnath Sahgal

Rabindranath Tagore

Raja Ravi Varma

Correct Answer:

Amrita Sher-Gil

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1- Amrita Sher-Gil

Haldi Grinder is a painting. Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder in 1940. This was the time when she was seeking inspiration from India’s idyllic rural scene. Such a scene, depicting Indian women busy in a traditional activity of grinding dry turmeric, had to be painted in Indian style. Sshe has placed bright colour patches close to each other and created shapes of figures by colour contrast and not outline. Such a style of painting reminds us of, as for instance, the Basohli paintings from north India. The women and trees are painted as flat shapes. Sher-Gil is not interested in creating any depth in the landscape and prefers a semi-abstract pattern as a modern artist.