Sudhir Khastagir

A very prominent and versatile artist Sudhir Ranjan Khastagir born in 24th September 1907 and died in sixth June 1974. He was equally proficient in painting and sculpture of India's Bengal school lineage and an art educator. He was an active, lively and dynamic portrait artist who came across many renowned personalities in the country and abroad. It is nearly impossible to take any name of the great personalities of those days whose portraits are done by sitting for study in front of him.

In 1931 he learns stone carving at the studio of the renowned sculptor Ganpat Kashinath Mahtre in Mumbai and he had an initial training in fine arts at Santiniketan, studied fine art under Nandalal Bose.

In 1958 government of India honoured him with Padmashri.