The history of Indian modern painting begins with:

The correct answer is from Bengal school.

Key Points

Bengal School of Painting:

• Ravi Kumar Verma, Rabindranath Tagore, and Abanindranath Tagore among others played an important role in the emergence of the Bengal school of Art.
• The Bengal school of Art sowed distinctly Indian modernism throughout Indian during the British raj of the early 20th century by synthesizing folk art, Indian painting traditions, and culture.

• Bengal school of painting is also known as the Renaissance school or the Revivalist school.
• The influence of Mughal and Rajasthan schools was also seen in this type of painting.
• The Bengal artists adopted a new Japanese watercolor technique called 'Wash' which was synthesized with European transparent watercolor and Indian tempera.
• Bengal painters were inspired by Ajanta and Bagh, Mughal and Rajput, and Shilpasastra.
• During this period all types of painting including religious, social, and historical events, birds, animals, and landscapes were painted.
• The color is soft without shadow and conventional perspective giving a mystic sense of space and atmosphere and diluting the impact of color.