10 Facts About Ramkinkar Baij

Ramkinkar Baij was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.

The surname Ramkinkar Baij derived from Boidda and Boijo consequently.

Four years later Ramkinkar Baij joined the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan as a student of fine arts.

Ramkinkar Baij used this opportunity to make monumental public sculpture, undertaken entirely at his own initiative.

Ramkinkar Baij was singularly reticent and otherworldly as he was single-minded in his commitment to art and humanity.

Ramkinkar Baij was invited to participate in the Salon des Salon des Realites Nouvelles in 1950 and in the Salon de Mai 1951.

Ramkinkar Baij made a committee to perform the selection of artists.

Some time between 2003 and 2009, the outdoor sculpture at Balatonfured was replaced with a different appearing bust of Tagore, and the original bust by Ramkinkar Baij was moved to room 220 of the State Hospital for Cardiology in Balatonfured, which is the same room where Rabindranath Tagore had stayed in 1926.

Ritwik Ghatak wisely made a documentary on Baij named 'Ramkinkar' where he featured him as a political icon.

Ramkinkar Baij is an incomplete personality study or documentary by Ritwik Ghatak.