BEGINNINGS
He was born in Calcutta, West Bengal.
Founder Member, `Calcutta Painters` group, Calcutta.
Founder Member, The Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta.
Founder Member, ?Chitrangshu Group`, Calcutta.
Illustrator in Bengali News Weeklies, `Darpan` and `Janasebak Saptahik`.
EDUCATION
1950-55 Studied in Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. He also did his Diploma in Sculpture from the same college.
EXHIBITIONS
1954 First solo show in Calcutta.1954, 55, 56, 60 Group exhb. in Bombay. 1959, 60, 61, 62, 65 Solo show in Calcutta. 1963 Group exhb. in Calcutta. 1964 1964 Eight Painters from Calcutta, AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi.1965 Group exhb. in New Delhi. 1962 Exhb. of his Paintings, Art and Prints Gallery, Calcutta.Joint exhb. with sculptor Sarbari Roychowdhury, German Cultural Institute, Max Muller Bhavan, Calcutta.1966-1967 Drawings & Rolling Pictures from India, organised by Ministry of the German Democratic Republic, German- South East Asian Society in the German Democratic Republic, Association of Painters and Sculptors of German, organised in Dresden, Halle, Madgeburg and then it travelled around other cities like Berlin and Munich in Germany. 1966 An exhb. of Painting and Sculpture, dedicated to the memory of Alberto Giacometti, Artistry House, Calcutta.1967 Retrospective Exhb. (selection from 1950-66), organised by Sm. Bina Biswas at the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.Art Heritage, New Delhi. Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. Osian?s ? Archive and Library, India. Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai. Mukund and Neerja Lath, Jaipur. Parshant Tulsiyan, Kolkata. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1956 The Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, honoured him with a Gold Medal for being, the best exhibit in modern art.
STYLE
He is a realist with strong expressionistic tendencies. Art for him could not be reduced to terms of aesthetic sensation alone. He therefore tried to make a subjective statement that reflects the tragedy of the human condition. His swirling or swelling figures, both human and animal, burst the bounds of normal anatomy by sheer force of vitality.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Lecturer in Mira Institute, Calcutta.
