Debdas Chakraborty graduated from the Government Institute of Art in Dhaka in 1956. His paintings had an elusive quality, an aggregation of forms often suggestive of human figures (Symbols of Desire, 1963). One of the techniques that he used frequently was to start with figurative images and gradually obliterate them to produce virtually abstract works. Debdas Chakraborty had unbounded faith in humanism and universalism. His work was greatly influenced by his political and social ideology.
Debdas received the first prize at the Warsaw International Art Workshop in 1978. Five of his engravings represented Bangladesh in the XIX International Biennale at Sao Paulo in 1987. He received the Bangladesh Charushilpi Honour award and the Ekushey Padak in 1990. An exhibition of the artist’s paintings along with a civic reception was organized by Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in 2001.

Date: 14.04.2001 – 17.04.2001
Venue: Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts