Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

43 The Masterpieces SerieS 18 r AmkinkAr B Aij (1910 – 1980) Landscape Watercolour on paper (pasted on board), 1966 S/d in Bengali ‘Ramkinkar 28.2.66’ l.r. Inscribed in English ‘Presented to Ajanta on her Marriage day. Ramkinkar, 28.2.66’ on verso of board 7.0 x 10.0 in (17.7 x 25.4 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION. INR 240,000 – 360,000 US$ 5,000 – 7,500 19 g eorge k eyt (1901 – 1992) Pindapath (Offering of Alms) Oil on canvas, 1951 S/d in English ‘G Keyt 51’ t.r. Inscribed in English on label ‘Pindapath (offering of Alms) oil on can’ on verso 44.1 x 27.6 in (112.0 x 70.0 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION. Acquired from Sotheby’s (London) in July 2005. INR 1,600,000 – 2,400,000 US$ 33,330 – 50,000 The finest sculptor of his time, Ramkinkar Baij was largely a self taught artist who began painting with a natural instinct. Baij had never followed any academic technique for his paintings. The artist’s brush strokes can be compared with the impressionist tool work of his sculptures. The landscape of Shantiniketan had been a driving force for him to paint a large number of landscapes and daily lives of the Santhal locals. Similar to his sculptures, his paintings predominantly capture fast moving bodies and nature as he perceives them.