Artist Profile
Sunil Das
1939–2015 · Calcutta/Kolkata
Awards & Honours
Lalit Kala Akademi National Award, 1959, received while still an undergraduate.
Shiromani Kala Puraskar, reported by gallery biography.
Padma Shri, 2014.
Biography
Sunil Das studied at Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, and later received a French government scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he also trained at Atelier 17.
He became known for expressive drawings and paintings of horses and bulls. He studied horses at the Calcutta mounted police stables and later drew bulls after seeing bullfights in Spain.
Born in Calcutta/Kolkata in 1939, he remained one of the most forceful draughtsmen of his generation.
Exhibitions & Residencies
“Art Moves – Works by Sunil Das” touring presentation, 2005–06: Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Park Hotel, Kolkata; Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.