Which style did Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, use in several of his paintings?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Cubist style with geometric patterns
Option (1) Flat and colourful style of folk painting — Incorrect. This style was adopted by Jamini Roy, who took it from folk painting seen in villages.
Option (2) Cubist style with geometric patterns — Correct. Gaganendranath made several paintings in the Cubist style, with building interiors made of geometric patterns.
Option (3) Academic realism of European paintings — Incorrect. Academic realism was mastered by Raja Ravi Varma. The Bauhaus artists of modern Europe had rejected it.
Option (4) Wash technique taught by Japanese artists — Incorrect. The wash technique was taught at Shantiniketan by two Japanese artists as an alternative to western oil painting. It came with pan-Asianism, not from the modern western art that shaped Gaganendranath.
NCERT (2026-27): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …For the first time, Indian artists and the public had a direct encounter with modern art of this kind. It is in the paintings by Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, that the influence of modern western style of paintings can be clearly seen. He made several paintings using Cubist style, in which building interiors were created out of geometric patterns.…” |