Born : 1906 Jugipada, Bankura, West Bengal
Died : 1980
Education :
1925-29 Diploma in Fine Arts, Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
1934 Joined as Faculty, Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
Exhibitions :
2013 ‘The Naked and the Nude:…
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions :
2013 ‘The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 ‘Gallery Collection’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 ‘Ramkinkar Baij: A Retrospective’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 ‘Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 ‘Manifestations VI’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Time Unfolded’, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 ‘Manifestations IV’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 ‘Moderns’, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
2008 ‘Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture’, in association with Bodhi Art, and supported by the British Council, Kunststiftung NRW and the Provence of Antwerp at Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuKHA), Belgium
2005 ‘Manifestations III’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Manifestations II’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘Manifestations’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
1997 ‘Santiniketan: The making of a Contextual Modernism’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1995 ‘Man and NAture: Reflections on Six Artists’, organized by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1990 ‘Retrospective’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
1972 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
1960-61,78 Visvabharati University, Santiniketan
1960 ‘Paintings,Sketches & Sculptures’, Calcutta Arts Council, Kolkata
1942-47 New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions :
1951 Calcutta Group Exhibition, Kolkata
1950,51 Salon de Realities Nouvelle, Paris
Joint Exhibitions :
1944 With Binod Behari Mukherjee at Massay Hall, New Delhi
Honours and Awards :
1979 Doctor of Letters Award from Visva-Bharati University,Santiniketan
1977 Deshi Uttam Award by Viswa Bharti, Santiniketan
1970 Padma Bhushan, Government of India
1955 Government of India invited him to make Yaksha and Yakshi Sculpture for Reserve Bank of India (RBI), New Delhi
1945 Government of Nepal invited him to make Buddhist Sculptures