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Ramkinkar Baij (Bengali: রামকিঙ্কর বেইজ) (25 May 1906 – 2 August 1980) was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
May 26, 2020 · Born into a poor barber’s family in Bengal’s Bankura district, Ramkinkar Baij is considered to be the “Father of Modern Indian sculpture”. His tryst with art began at a young age; he would emulate the local idol maker (Ananta Sutradhar), sketching and making sculptures out of the red soil that was so abundant in Bankura.
Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) was born in Bankura, West Bengal, into a family of little economic and social standing and grew by his sheer determination into one of the most distinguished early modernists of Indian art.
Ramkinkar Baij was a pivotal figure of the school of artists named contextual modernism who made a departure from the historicist moorings of the earlier nationalist movement in Indian...
May 30, 2020 · One of India’s foremost modernist sculptors, Ramkinkar Baij is remembered as the ‘eccentric genius’ from Bankura who was ahead of his times. The pioneering artist experimented both with material and subjects to create works in multiple mediums and give India some of its most monumental sculptures that have become landmarks in public art.
Aug 27, 2019 · Ramkinkar Baij (1906–80) was the vanguard of modern Indian sculpture along with Sankho Chaudhuri, D.P. Roy Chowdhury and Prodosh Das Gupta. Known for his larger-than-life outdoor concrete statues, Baij broke the shackles of British studio sculpturing taught in the Anglicised curriculum of colonial colleges of art.
Aug 2, 2019 · Ramkinkar Baij (1906–80) was the vanguard of modern Indian sculpture along with Sankho Chaudhuri, D.P. Roy Chowdhury and Prodosh Das Gupta. Known for his larger-than-life outdoor concrete statues, Baij broke the shackles of British studio sculpturing taught in the Anglicised curriculum of colonial art colleges.
May 28, 2019 · A kurta frayed at the edges, Chinese straw hat on his grey curls, fingers gliding impatiently over a sheet of paper in his hands: Ramkinkar Baij was 69 when filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak — fascinated by the seminal sculptor-painter — followed him around for four days in 1975, hoping to make a film.
Ramkinkar Baij, was born in 1906 in Bankura, West Bengal in a humble family. He was spotted by the journalist Ramananda Chatterjee who inducted him to Kala Bhavana. Baij soon mastered every medium – Sculptures, Oil paintings, Portraits & Miniatures.
Mar 18, 2019 · Ramkinkar Baij. (26 May 1906 – 2 August 1980) was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. Baij was born in an economically modest family in the Bankura district of the modern state of West Bengal in India.
