Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

Identify the name of the student of Abanindranath Tagore, who was invited by Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the newly established Kala Bhavan.

Options:

Raja Ravi Varma

Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury

Jamini Roy

Nandalal Bose

Correct Answer:

Nandalal Bose

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Nandalal Bose

Shantiniketan — Early modernism Nandalal Bose, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, was invited by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the newly established Kala Bhavana. Kala Bhavana was India’s first national art school. It was part of the Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan. At Kala Bhavana, Nandalal founded the intellectual and artistic milieu to create an Indian style in art.