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BEGINNINGS
Hirachand Dugar was born in a Jain family which migrated from Rajasthan to Jiaganj, Murshidabad.
When Asit Kumar Halder took over the charge of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, along with him he took Ardhendu Bandhopadhyay, Dhirendra Krishna Deb Burman and Hirachand Dugar from Calcutta.
He never followed his teacher`s style, always looked forward to create his own style.
He was a nature lover and observed nature very intricately and was also interested in gardening.
He never painted fast and he used to take at least six to seven months to complete a painting.
1921 Visited Kashmir, which is a very important event in his life.
1925,26 After his father`s and wife`s death he couldn`t paint for a long period.
1946 Visited Rajgir, where he again started landscape painting.
He loved working in water colour and pencil.
He was not interested in oil painting, with the insistence of Debi Prasad Roychowdhury he painted few in oils.
He was basically a very skillful artist and could manage bot
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