RAMKINKAR BAIJ

About:

• Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980), one of the most seminal artists of modern India, was an iconic sculptor, painter and graphic artist.
  
  
• He was born in Bankura, West Bengal. In 1925, he made his way to Kala Bhavana, the art school at Santiniketan and was under the guidance of Nandalal Bose.
  
  
• He along with Nandalal Bose and Benodebehari Mukherjee played a pivotal role in making Santiniketan one of the most important centres for modern art in pre-Independent India.
  
  
• In 1970, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan. In 1976 he was made a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi.