What was the 'Company School' of painting?

A hybrid style where Indian artists used traditional miniature techniques but Western mediums (watercolors) and subjects (flora, fauna, social life) for British patrons.

Visual Culture in 18th-19th Century India | Company School (2015 PYQ)

ID: ART_CUL_2015_130 Ref: Company Paintings by Mildred Archer

Which of the following statement(s) about visual culture in 18th and early 19th century North India is/are correct?
1. Painters from Patna and Murshidabad flocked to Calcutta and produced water colours in the English mode.
2. Landscape and portraiture became extremely important at this time.
3. The artists Zayan-al-Din, Bhawani Das and Ram Das were adopted by the English East India Company to produce albums of India birds and animals.
4. While Indians were influenced by European artistic styles, Europeans artists did not visit regional courts.

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In the 18th-19th century, Indian painters adapted to Western styles in Calcutta and produced natural history albums for the East India Company.