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{{Infobox artist
| name = Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
| image = [[File:Sudhir Khastgir at The Doon School.jpg|200px]]
|Award = He was awarded the Padma Shri award by Government of India in 1957, for his significant contributions to Indian art.
| caption = Khastgir at [[The Doon School]], where he was the first art teacher when it opened in 1935.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|09|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1974|06|06|1907|09|24}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| field = [[Painting]]
| training =
| movement = [[Bengal school of art]], Modern Indian Art
| works =
| patrons =
}}

'''Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir''' (24 September 1907 – 6 June 1974) was an [[India]]n [[painting|painter]] of [[Bengal school of art]] and an art educator.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Times News Network |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-20/chennai/31214420_1_bengal-artists-bengal-school-gopal-ghose |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708184949/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-20/chennai/31214420_1_bengal-artists-bengal-school-gopal-ghose |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-08 |title=Bengal artists at home in Chennai gallery|date=2012-03-20 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref> A pupil of [[Abanindranath Tagore]] and [[Nandalal Bose]], Sudhir was known for "Indian style" of painting. He graduated from [[Visva-Bharati University]] at [[Santiniketan]] in 1929. He was influenced by the [[Tagore family]] and his classic works include paintings of scenes from [[India]]n mythologies, women, and village life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epaintings.net/index.php?page=sudhir-r-khastgir |title=Sudhir R. Khastgir |publisher=EPaintings |access-date=2012-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508163107/http://www.epaintings.net/index.php?page=sudhir-r-khastgir |archive-date=8 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was also the first Art teacher at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]], when it opened in 1935. Today, the many statues and murals on display at Doon, and frescoes of dancers at the entrance of a local cinema hall, 'The Orient', are a product of his creation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267708 |title=Bonfire Of Vanities | Vishvjit P. Singh |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=hub032704money.asp&id=3 |title=The Hub |publisher=[[Tehelka]] |access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref>

==Life and career==
[[File:Tagore by Sudhir Khastgir.jpg|thumb|'Tagore' by Khastgir, depicting [[Rabindranath Tagore]].]]
Sudhir was born in [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]] in 1907.<ref name=tele>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1010902/editoria.htm |title=Editorial: Secrets And Treasures |author=Amit Chaudhuri|author-link=Amit Chaudhuri|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref> He soon moved to [[Kolkata]], India for his schooling. After graduating from the [[Visva-Bharati University]] at [[Santiniketan]], he went to [[Academy of Fine Arts, Munich]] to study Fine Arts on a scholarship. After returning from Munich, he became the first Arts master at the newly opened [[The Doon School]]. He remained in Doon for the next 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goaartgallery.com/khastgir_sudhir.htm |title=Artist Gellary - SUDHIR KHASTGIR |publisher=Goaartgallery.com |access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFXZIDLuSrAC&q=sudhir+khastgir+doon+school&pg=PA159 |title=Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School - Sanjay Srivastava - Google Books |isbn=9780415178563 |access-date=2012-05-16|last1=Srivastava |first1=Sanjay |year=1998 }}</ref> During this period, he also directed some dance-dramas based on the [[works of Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=tele/>

While at Doon, he achieved considerable national fame and was invited by the [[Uttar Pradesh Government]] to head [[Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts]], [[Lucknow]] ([[University of Lucknow]]) in 1956.<ref>[http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/department/fineart/ord_fineart.pdf Fine art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152422/http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/department/fineart/ord_fineart.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }} [[Lucknow University]]</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] award by [[Government of India]] in 1957, for his significant contributions to Indian art.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/arts_college.htm |title=Faculty of Fine Arts |publisher=[[Lucknow University]] |access-date=2012-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522192832/http://lkouniv.ac.in/arts_college.htm |archive-date=22 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Family==
His elder brother, Satish Ranjan Khastgir, was a noted physicist, whose granddaughter is married to writer [[Amit Chaudhuri]], while his own daughter Shyamoli Khastgir, an environmental activist, once married to architect, Lee Tan, lives in Purba Palli, Shantiniketan.<ref name=tele/>

==References==
;Notes
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;Bibliography
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=2GakXwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Sudhir+Khastgir%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oRWzT47yEY6qrAe04qH2Aw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir] by S.R. Khastgir, Gallerie 88, 2008
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=CZYlygAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Sudhir+Khastgir%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oRWzT47yEY6qrAe04qH2Aw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAg Myself] by Sudhir Khastgir, 1955
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=GVrPAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Sudhir+Khastgir%22&dq=inauthor:%22Sudhir+Khastgir%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oRWzT47yEY6qrAe04qH2Aw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA Sudhir Ranjan] by Khastgir, Lalit Kala Academi 1978.

==External links==
*[http://goaartgallery.com/khastgir_sudhir.htm Artist profile]

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