Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)
All of the statements given above are correct.
(1) Raja Ravi Varma is called as ‘Raffale of East’. Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian artist from the princely state of Travancore who got recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
(2) M.F. Hussain is called as ‘Piccaso of India’. Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF Husain, was a painter and Film Director. Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s.
(3) Pahari painting was discovered by Metcalfe in Kangra. Pahari painting (literal meaning a painting from the mountainous regions, pahar means a mountain in Hindi) is an umbrella term used for a form of Indian painting, originating from Himalayan Hill kingdom of North India, during 17th-19th century. Notably Basohli, Mankot, Nurpur, Chamba, Kangra, Guler, Mandi, and Garhwal fall in these regions and it was done mostly in miniature forms.
(4) Kangra painting is a mixture of Rajasthani and Mughal art forms.This great art originated in a small hill state ‘Guler’ in the Lower Himalayas in the first half of the 18th century when a family of Kashmiri painters trained in Mughal painting Style sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh (1695-1741) of Guler. The artists adopted themes of eternal love between Radha and Krishna. The paintings were naturalistic and employed cool, fresh colors. The colors were extracted from minerals, vegetables and had enamel-like luster. Verdant greenery of the landscape, brooks, springs were the recurrent images on the miniatures.