View A Retrospective Of Ramkinkar Baij’s Work At The NGMA

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The late Bengali painter and sculptor Ramkinkar Baij might not be as famous as his contemporaries like M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza and Tyeb Mehta but he’s just as important as those Indian modern artists—he was, after all, one of the first to experiment with Western Expressionism. To celebrate his legacy, the National Gallery of Modern Art has put together Ramkinkar Baij—A Retrospective, an exhibition of more than 350 paintings, lithographs, drawings and sculptures curated by Baij’s student, sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan. The art works are a testimony of Baij’s love for the countryside. He spent most of his life in Shantiniketan, first as a student of the famous Bengal school artist Nandalal Bose, and then as a teacher. A majority of Baij’s watercolours and oils, many of which bear the influence of Cubism, are pastoral scenes; his sculptures are studies of farmers, adivasis, animals and people he knew. Baij is best known for his monumental sculptures such as the yaksha and yakshini at the entrance of the Reserve Bank in Delhi and the tableau of a Santhal family in Shantiniketan. These are represented by large black and white photographs. There’s also a set of black and white images of Baij and people in his life including his partner, Radharani Dashi and his student, the luminous Binodini, the subject of a series of lovely portraits.

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