>Lakshmikanta Manna at 14:52, 13 March 2021

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| birth_date = 5 March,1892
| birth_place = Bihar, India
| death_date = 2 August,1970
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| occupation = Artist, architect
| yearsactive = 1917-1990
| known for = Indian architecture
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Surendranath Kar''' (5 March,1892– 2 August, 1970)<ref name="Sansad">{{cite book | title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I | publisher= Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata | author=Subodhchandra Senguta & Anjali Bose | year=2016 | pages=810 | isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref> was an [[Indian people|Indian]] artist and architect,<ref name="Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore's Concept of Space">{{cite book | title=Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore's Concept of Space | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Samit Das | year=2013 | pages=180 | isbn=978-9381523384}}</ref> known for amalgamating the Indian architectural style with western and eastern styles of architecture.<ref name="Viswabharati University">{{cite web | url=http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/SurendranathKar.html | title=Viswabharati University | publisher=Viswabharati University | date=2015 | access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> Born in 1892 in the Indian state of Bihar, Kar did his primary learning of art under renowned [[Bengali people|Bengali]] painter, [[Nandalal Bose]] and [[Abanindranath Tagore]],<ref name="Viswabharati University" /> the nephew of Nobel Laureate, [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/santiniketan-the-home-and-the-world-113020801213_1.html | title=Business Standard | publisher=Business Standard | date=9 February 2013 | access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> Later, he joined Vichitra Club, founded by the Tagore family,<ref name="Rabindranath Tagore: An Interpretation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYpkWGHGkwYC&q=Vichitra+club+Tagore&pg=PA111 | title=Rabindranath Tagore: An Interpretation | publisher=Penguin Books India | author=Sabyasachi Bhattacharya | year=2011 | pages=306 | isbn=9780670084555}}</ref> as a teacher of art.<ref name="Viswabharati University" /> In 1917, when Tagore set up Brahmacharyasrama, the precursor of later day [[Shantiniketan]],<ref name="Academia">{{cite book | url=https://www.academia.edu/6001938 | title=Academia | publisher=Academia }}</ref> he joined the institution and worked as an art teacher.<ref name="Viswabharati University" /> Two years later, he moved to [[Kala Bhavana]] of Tagore as a faculty member.<ref name="Viswabharati University" />

Kar, who was a companion of Tagore in many of his overseas visits,<ref name="Viswabharati University" /> used the exposure he received to western and eastern architecture, to evolve his own style and, later, designed many buildings for [[Shantiniketan]].<ref name="Business Standard" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1959, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for him services to the nation.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>

Surendranath Kar died in 1970 at the age of 78.<ref name="Viswabharati University" />

==See also==
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* [[Shantiniketan]]
* [[Kala Bhavana]]
* [[Nandalal Bose]]
* [[Abanindranath Tagore]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10833330-gitanjali-and-fruit-gathering | title=Gitanjali and Fruit-Gathering | publisher=Kessinger Publishing | author=Rabindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose Surendranath Kar | date=10 September 2010 | pages=254 | isbn=9781163093405}}
* {{cite book | title=Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore's Concept of Space | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Samit Das | year=2013 | pages=180 | isbn=978-9381523384}}

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