Government of India
Ducks
Keywords: Modern Painting
Art Work
Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Description: "Ducks" is a painting by Ramkinkar Baij. He selected images for his sculptures and paintings from his rural surroundings. The poor and the downtrodden figured primarily as his subjects. His work is characterized by tremendous energy, dynamism and the use of earthy colours. In this painting, the artist has depicted ducks, delineated with dabs and dashes of watercolour, outlined with black strokes. The treatment is intended to exemplify an energetic and lively artistic temperament. It is signed 'Ramkinkar' in Bengali along the lower margin of the painting.
Type: Painting
Received From: National Gallery Of Modern Art, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Baij, Ramkinkar (1906-1980) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-15T00:04:58Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-15T00:04:58Z |
| dc.description | "Ducks" is a painting by Ramkinkar Baij. He selected images for his sculptures and paintings from his rural surroundings. The poor and the downtrodden figured primarily as his subjects. His work is characterized by tremendous energy, dynamism and the use of earthy colours. In this painting, the artist has depicted ducks, delineated with dabs and dashes of watercolour, outlined with black strokes. The treatment is intended to exemplify an energetic and lively artistic temperament. It is signed 'Ramkinkar' in Bengali along the lower margin of the painting. |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Ramkinkar Baij, one of the most seminal artists of modern India, was an iconic sculptor, painter and graphic artist. Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) was born in Bankura, West Bengal, into a family of little economic and social standing and grew by his sheer determination into one of the most distinguished early modernists of Indian art. In 1925, he made his way to Kala Bhavana, the art school at Santiniketan and was under the guidance of Nandalal Bose. Encouraged by the liberating, intellectual environment of Santiniketan, his artistic skills and intellectual horizons blossomed, thus acquiring greater depth and complexity. Soon after completing his studies at Kala Bhavana he became a faculty member, and 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 for his irrefutable contribution to Indian art. Ramkinkar's monumental sculptures are established landmarks in public art. One of the earliest modernists in Indian art, he assimilated the idioms of the European modern visual language and yet was rooted in his own Indian ethos. He experimented restlessly with forms, moving freely from figurative to abstract and back to figurative, his themes were steeped in a deep sense of humanism and an instinctive understanding of the symbiotic relationship between man and nature. Both in his paintings and sculptures, he pushed the limits of experimentation and ventured into the use of new materials. For instance, his use of unconventional material, for the time, such as cement concrete for his monumental public sculptures set a new precedent for art practices. The use of cement, laterite and mortar to model the figures, and the use of a personal style in which modern western and Indian pre-classical sculptural values were brought together was equally radical. |
| dc.format.extent | 28.3 x 19.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Art Work |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-04221 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Watercolour, Paper |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Baij, Ramkinkar (1906-1980) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-15T00:04:58Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-15T00:04:58Z |
| dc.description | "Ducks" is a painting by Ramkinkar Baij. He selected images for his sculptures and paintings from his rural surroundings. The poor and the downtrodden figured primarily as his subjects. His work is characterized by tremendous energy, dynamism and the use of earthy colours. In this painting, the artist has depicted ducks, delineated with dabs and dashes of watercolour, outlined with black strokes. The treatment is intended to exemplify an energetic and lively artistic temperament. It is signed 'Ramkinkar' in Bengali along the lower margin of the painting. |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ramkinkar Baij, one of the most seminal artists of modern India, was an iconic sculptor, painter and graphic artist. Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) was born in Bankura, West Bengal, into a family of little economic and social standing and grew by his sheer determination into one of the most distinguished early modernists of Indian art. In 1925, he made his way to Kala Bhavana, the art school at Santiniketan and was under the guidance of Nandalal Bose. Encouraged by the liberating, intellectual environment of Santiniketan, his artistic skills and intellectual horizons blossomed, thus acquiring greater depth and complexity. Soon after completing his studies at Kala Bhavana he became a faculty member, and 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 for his irrefutable contribution to Indian art. Ramkinkar's monumental sculptures are established landmarks in public art. One of the earliest modernists in Indian art, he assimilated the idioms of the European modern visual language and yet was rooted in his own Indian ethos. He experimented restlessly with forms, moving freely from figurative to abstract and back to figurative, his themes were steeped in a deep sense of humanism and an instinctive understanding of the symbiotic relationship between man and nature. Both in his paintings and sculptures, he pushed the limits of experimentation and ventured into the use of new materials. For instance, his use of unconventional material, for the time, such as cement concrete for his monumental public sculptures set a new precedent for art practices. The use of cement, laterite and mortar to model the figures, and the use of a personal style in which modern western and Indian pre-classical sculptural values were brought together was equally radical. |
| dc.format.extent | 28.3 x 19.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Art Work |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-04221 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Watercolour, Paper |
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