Ramkinkar Baij is considered to be one of the most important original sculptors, who worked during the transitory phase of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in 1910 in a village of Bengal, he was not traditional or academic. His significance lies in the fact that his body of work was essentially individualistic. This was in an age guided by the Bengal Revivalist spirit. The sculptors and painters of his time belonged to two schools – first, those of the Bengal Revivalist School who had evolved a nationalistic and mystical ideal and secondly, those who adhered to the strict academic traditions of the West. But Ramkinkar’s work was pioneering and personal.

His sculptures are characterised by tremendous energy, exuberant and reaching to the heavens. One can see the almost surging movement of growth, and its figures and forms are folksy and dynamic. His works have a marked out-of-doors quality; they are created on location and so grow out of their context. The forms whether in cement, plaster or stone, set their own laws. He uses an idiom which is joyous, vital and whether representational, stylised or abstract the forms have the quality of surging movement.