Name the artists who were part of the Progressive Artist’s Group 1946?
A. Francis Newton Souza
B. K. H. Ara
C. S. A. Bakre
D. Tyeb Mehta
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and C only
The Progressives were formed in Bombay in 1946. Francis Newton Souza led the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza.
A. Francis Newton Souza Correct. He was the outspoken leader of the group.
B. K. H. Ara Correct. A member of the group.
C. S. A. Bakre Correct. A member of the group.
D. Tyeb Mehta Incorrect. He belongs to the later artists who kept moving between abstraction and figurative work, along with K. K. Hebbar and Akbar Padamsee.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art The desire for freedom — political, as well as, artistic — soon spread widely among young artists, who witnessed Independence from the British Raj. In Bombay, another set of artists formed a group, called The Progressives in 1946. Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza.…” |