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{{Infobox artist
| name = Sunil Das
| image =
| image_size = 180px
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|8|4}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|8|10|1939|8|4}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[Painting]], [[Drawing]]
| training = [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata]]<br />[[École des Beaux-Arts]], Paris
| movement = [[Expressionism]]
| notable_works =
| patrons =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br /> National Award, 1978 <br />
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'''Sunil Das''' (4 August 1939 – 10 August 2015) was an [[India]]n [[expressionist]] [[Painting|painter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Expressionist Painter Sunil Das Dies at 76|url=http://artasiapacific.com/News/IndianExpressionistSunilDasDies|access-date=15 March 2018|date=21 Aug 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/20130202065343/http://www.screenindia.com/news/a-collectors-item-the-art-of-empathy/143804/ ]</ref> He is known for the paintings in his Bull Series and his piece "Woman".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20000306/ien06065.html |title=Female vision |publisher=Indian Express |date=2000-03-06 |access-date=2014-02-07}}</ref>

In 2014 the [[Government of India]] conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award, the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs| url =http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364 |date=25 January 2014|access-date = 2014-01-26}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Sunil Das was born in [[Calcutta]] now [[Kolkata]], [[India]].

He joined the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata]] in 1955, then won a French Government Scholarship to study at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He died in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Postmodern artist Sunil Das passes away at 76 : FYI, News - India Today|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunil-das-death-post-modern-artist-kolkatta-horses-bull/1/457557.html|website = indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date = 2015-08-10}}</ref>

==Career==
Das joined Government of India's Handloom division, [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]]..

Sunil Das was one of India's most important post-modernist painters. He went through different styles of painting throughout his career. Das said,"To prevent myself from producing the same kind of work, I keep altering my vision. From the day people begun to see me as a painter, a huge responsibility fell upon me, particularly to respond to the feelings of the people at the grassroots level who are also my viewer, as also to delve deep into realities of life around me." At 60 years of age, he could look back at his nine to ten phases of paintings, all of them marked by supreme skill and a sense of integrity. An indefatigable painter, Das jumped from one style to another easily.<ref>saffronart.com/artists/sunil-das</ref>
He was inspired by the force and the strength of the moving horse and went on to create a work made out of charcoal titled- ''Horses in Motion''. His works revolved around ''Man-Woman relationships'', ''Woman in her sexual empowerment'' and ''In her loneliness''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artofbengal.com/sunildas.htm |title=Sunil Das: Contemporary Indian Artist |publisher=Artofbengal.com |access-date=2014-02-07}}</ref> He had around 88 solo exhibitions across the world including having his work included in the [[Paris Biennale]].

He was the founding member of the Society of Contemporary Artists.

==Works==
* Bull series
* A woman in her failings (oil on canvas)
* Horse series (charcoal) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/01/14/stories/2006011402310500.htm |title=Personality : Of horses, bulls and life itself |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2006-01-14 |access-date=2014-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807092543/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/01/14/stories/2006011402310500.htm |archive-date=2007-08-07 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090130125124/http://delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-sunil-das.aspx Profile on Delhi Art Gallery]

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Sunil Das - Revision history

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