Indra Dugar

Indra Dugar born in Jiagunj, West Bengal in 1918 and died in Kolkata in 1989. Dugar attended school in Santiniketan, and was exposed to the artistic styles and techniques of Kala Bhavan and the Neo-Bengal School. Eventually, he outgrew the Bengal School and developed a highly individualistic style of painting.

Dugar was a versatile artist. He created decorative motifs for the annual sessions of the Congress at Ramgarh, Jaipur and Amritsar, which went beyond his chosen theme of Indian landscapes. He was an art critic with the Bengali publications Desh and Anand Bazar Patrika, and tried his hand at illustrating children's books. Dugar has shown his art in exhibition sponsored by the UNESCO in Paris, in 1946.

In 1987, Dugar donated paintings for the Amar Mahal Museum in Jammu. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, and the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi. Dugar was the recipient of several awards, including a silver medal from the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in 1945, 1949 and 1950, and the 8th Sangeet Shyamala Award, Kolkata, in 1986.