Ram Kumar

Indian | 1924 - 2018

Ram Kumar was an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1924. Numerous key galleries and museums such as DAG, New Delhi have featured Ram Kumar's work in the past.Ram Kumar's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 255 USD to 1,161,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,161,000 USD for Vagabond, sold at Christie's New York in 2008. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 186,669 USD, while their works on paper have sold for an average of 23,590 USD.Ram Kumar has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ARTnews in September 2024. The artist died in 2018.

Artist's alternative names: Ramkumar

Featured for Sale

FAMILY ,1951

By Ram Kumar

Plakas Auctions

Ram Kumar (1924-2018) Signed And Dated 1999 Acrylic On Canvas No COA ,1999

By Ram Kumar

RB Fine Arts

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Notable Lots

Untitled (Two Figures) ,1960

By Ram Kumar

+49%

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Untitled (Man and Woman Holding Hands) - Ram Kumar

Untitled (Man and Woman Holding Hands) ,1953

By Ram Kumar

+107%

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Untitled (Family) ,1957

By Ram Kumar

+180%

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Ram Kumar (1924-2018) Signed And Dated 1999 Acrylic On Canvas No COA - Ram Kumar

Ram Kumar (1924-2018) Signed And Dated 1999 Acrylic On Canvas No COA ,1999

By Ram Kumar

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Untitled ,1988

By Ram Kumar

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Untitled ,2017

By Ram Kumar

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled

By Ram Kumar

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Untitled (Ed: 9-9

By Ram Kumar

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Untitled ,1968

By Ram Kumar

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Past Exhibitions

Banaras: Imagined Landscape

DAG, New Delhi

New Delhi | India

Feb 08,2025 - Apr 05,2025

Deconstructed Realms: India's Tryst with Cubism

DAG, New Delhi

New Delhi | India

Feb 08,2025 - Apr 05,2025

India鈥檚 Rockefeller Artists

DAG, New Delhi

New Delhi | India

Aug 31,2024 - Oct 12,2024

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Articles

ARTnews 25/09/2024

Concerns about a down auction market did not stop several notable sales from taking place during this year鈥檚 autumn edition of Asia Week New York.

Observer 25/09/2024

We've rounded up the other standout lots in Sotheby鈥檚 and Christie鈥檚 Asian Art Week sales.

Observer 12/09/2024

While the fall edition of this biannual decentralized art event is relatively subdued, a calendar of intriguing sales makes up for the decreased gallery participation.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Indeed, by insisting on the abstract, Kumar demands something that most of his contemporaries do not; a private, contemplative viewing experience... 鈥�
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Aicon Gallery, New York

鈥� ..Thus the evolution in Kumar鈥檚 work that continues to set him apart from his contemporaries can be understood as the embodiment of a break between depicting something (the individual) and articulating the... 鈥�
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Aicon Gallery, New York

鈥� ..An iconoclast known for his powerful imagery and the Group鈥檚 main ideologue, F... 鈥�
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Aicon Gallery, New York

鈥� ..By insisting on the abstract, Kumar demands something that most of his contemporaries do not: A privately contemplative viewing experience... 鈥�
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Aicon Gallery, New York

鈥� ..Thus, Kumar鈥檚 evolution from his earlier figurative work to later abstract landscapes can be understood as the embodiment of a break between depicting something (the individual) and articulating the possible... 鈥�
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Aicon Gallery, New York