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Born in Faridpur, Bengal (now Bangladesh), he was an eminent painter, one of the earliest known practitioners of Contemporary Art in Bengal. His style was influenced by ‘Kalighat Pat’, and he was adept in Mural paintings. He graduated from the Dacca Art College.

In 1960, he, along with other artists, formed the ‘Society of Contemporary Artists’, Calcutta; and in 1964, along with Rabin Mondal, Nikhil Biswas, Dhiraj Choudhury, Jogen Chowdhury and Prokash Karmakar, he founded the ‘Calcutta Painters’, and is best known for his activities as a part of the ‘Calcutta Painters’.

During 1976 to 1980, he headed the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Calcutta; and was also a member of the Advisory Committee for Fine Arts, Government of West Bengal. He believed in maintaining a balance between emotions and visuals and his paintings also reflected the same, drew on varied narrative elements, his immaculate mastery of lines never degenerated from illustration to illusion, and what exactly emerged was subjective and relevant to day-to-day life.

He also wrote a book on art, titled ‘Silpa Katha’.