The famous painting Bharat Mata, made in 1905, was painted by

The correct answer is C, Abanindranath Tagore. He painted Bharat Mata in 1905, during the Swadeshi movement against the partition of Bengal, showing a saffron clad four armed figure holding sheaves of paddy, a white cloth, a book and a rosary, the gifts of food, clothing, learning and faith. He was the founder of the Bengal School, worked in the Japanese derived wash technique and was encouraged by E. B. Havell of the Calcutta art school.

Option A, Raja Ravi Varma, worked in oil on academic lines and died in 1906; his subjects were Shakuntala, Damayanti and temple deities. Option B, Nandalal Bose, was Abanindranath's most influential pupil, made the Haripura Congress posters and decorated the pages of the Constitution of India, but not this work. Option D, Amrita Sher-Gil, belongs to the following generation and painted Indian village life in a modern European idiom.