To create awareness that modern Indians could benefit from India’s rich artistic past, Abanindranath Tagore was the main artist and creator of an important journal. What was this journal called?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Indian Society of Oriental Art
Option (1) The Futurism of Young Asia — Incorrect. This is an article by Benoy Sarkar, who sided with the anglicists and called the Bengal School regressive.
Option (2) Kala Bhavana — Incorrect. Kala Bhavana was India’s first national art school, at Shantiniketan, where Nandalal Bose headed painting.
Option (3) Indian Society of Oriental Art — Correct. Abanindranath was the main artist and creator of this journal.
Option (4) Bengal School of Art — Incorrect. This is the school in which Abanindranath’s Swadeshi values best manifested, not a journal.
NCERT (2026-27): “Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell …Art historian Partha Mitter writes, “The first generation of the students of Abanindranath engaged in recovering the lost language of Indian art.” To create awareness that modern Indians could benefit from this rich past, Abanindranath was the main artist and creator of an important journal, Indian Society of Oriental Art. In this manner, he was also the first major supporter of Swadeshi values in Indian art, which best manifested in the creation of Bengal School of Art.” |