Ramkinkar Baij

1906-1980

Ramkinkar Baij received his diploma from Kala Bhavan, Shantiketan
in 1925, where he was trained by two European sculptors,
one of whom was a disciple of Bourdelle, who were on a visit to
Santiniketan on an invitation by Rabindranath Tagore. He later
became Head of the Sculpture Department there. He worked
with sculpture, painting as well as printmaking in his career as
artist and teacher. His works have been included in several
exhibitions such as the Asian Art Exhibition, Tokyo (1979), Man
and Nature: Reflections of Six Artists, Indian National Trust for
Art and Cultural Heritage and National Gallery of Modern Art,
New Delhi (1995). A retrospective of his work was held at the
National Gallery of Modern Art (1990) as well as in 2012. He
has been the recipient of Deshikottom by Vishwa Bharati University,
D.lit by Rabindra Bharati University, and was honoured
with the Padma Bhushan in 1970.