Born in 1940, Niranjan Pradhan is an important sculptor from the 60’s who worked in the figurative style highlighting the inner beauty of his forms. His sharp and geometrically defined structural surfaces were softened with a sensual yet graceful and at times docile feeling that the form generated. Flowing and emotional, tender and endearing are the feelings that his works evoke as one looks on at each of his creations.

Last time sculptor Niranjan Pradhan worked with a model offering live sitting was 50 years ago in 1966-67, when he was a student at art college and professional models posed for students to sketch and sculpt human figures. The sessions helped the artist create some of his best bronze figures, including that of Raja Rammohan Roy in front of the Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, UK, Vivekananda, Tagore, Jagaish Chandra Bose at Burdwan University, Satyajit Ray at Roop Kala Kendra, Uttam Kumar at Tollygunge, President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan