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Ramkinkar Baij (1906 ‒1980)
MK Binodini (1922‒2011)
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Baij’s subjects were the people he met, including an Indonesian girl who was visiting Visva Bharati. A series of paintings have his student and muse, Binodini. “One doesn’t know what relation the two shared; she appeared in several of his works, often nude,” says Radhakrishnan (the curator of the present exhibition). Hailing from a princely family of Manipur, when asked why didn’t she marry Baij, Binodini had replied, “He was a good artist but that does not necessarily mean he was a good husband.”
An excerpt from Recasting Baij, The Indian Express, 13 Feb 2011 (accessed on 1 March 2012)
The exhibition is on at National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi till March 31.
i didn't know she was quite a pretty women... she got amazing talent in writings.. may our land see more women like her
ReplyDeleteyes, she was indeed pretty and beautiful too... but i have been more interested in her relationship with ramkinkar ever since i heard about 'them'.
ReplyDeleteoh.. what about them? yeah.. it's weird he painted her so nicely.. must be love :P
ReplyDeleteIt looks more than love to me :) just like that
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